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EPA ExpoBox and Exposure Factors

EPA ExpoBox includes an Exposure Factors Module that contains the following key features:

  • Beginners guidance page to learn all about the Exposure Factors Handbook and its related resources
  • An easy to use table to help you explore a complete list of the available exposure factors, organized by route of exposure, including:
    • Full bookmarked chapters from the Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition with links to the latest updated chapters
    • Relevant chapter links from the 2011 Exposure Factors Handbook, Highlights Document and recommendations for each factor
    • More than 200 individual data tables in downloadable Excel spreadsheet format
    • Links to references that include over 700+ referenced citations from the EFH 2011 Edition linked to EPA’s Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) Database
    • Links to relevant sources of related information by chapter
    • The option to explore the full list of EFH tables from an advanced tables search page that allow you to select from among 800+ data tables by selecting key search terms
  • Access the Exposure Factors Module as part of the Approaches Toolset under Indirect Estimation to learn how the EFH is used in EPA-ExpoBox.

EPA ExpoBox

  • Basic Information
  • Approaches
    • - Direct Measurement
    • - Exposure Reconstruction
    • - Indirect Estimation
  • Media
    • - Air
    • - Aquatic Biota
    • - Consumer Products
    • - Food
    • - Soil and Dust
    • - Water and Sediment
  • Routes
    • - Dermal
    • - Ingestion
    • - Inhalation
  • Tiers and Types
    • - Aggregate and Cumulative
    • - Deterministic and Probabilistic
    • - Screening-Level and Refined
  • Lifestages and Populations
    • - General Population
    • - Highly Exposed
    • - Lifestages
    • - Occupational Workers
    • - Residential Consumers
  • Chemical Classes
    • - Inorganics and Fibers
    • - Nanomaterials
    • - Other Organics
    • - Pesticides
  • Toolbox Search
  • Exposure Factors
  • Tutorials
  • Glossaries
  • Unit Conversion
  • Uncertainty and Variability
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Last updated on May 24, 2024
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