Assessing Human Exposure to SVOCs in Materials, Products, and Articles: A Modular Mechanistic Framework.

ABSTRACT: A critical review of the current state of knowledge of chemical emissions from indoor sources, partitioning among indoor compartments, and the ensuing indoor exposure leads to a proposal for a modular mechanistic framework for predicting human exposure to semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs). Mechanistically consistent source emission categories include solid, soft, frequent contact, applied, sprayed, and high temperature sources. Environmental compartments are the gas phase, airborne particles, settled dust, indoor surfaces, and clothing. Identified research needs are the development of dynamic emission models for several of the source emission categories and of estimation strategies for critical model parameters. The modular structure of the framework facilitates subsequent inclusion o

SUBMITTER: Eichler CMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7877794 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature