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Ann. occup. Hyg., Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 559-560, 2002
© 2002 British Occupational Hygiene Society
Published by Oxford University Press

Letters to the Editor

Excluding Exposure Data of Very Poor Quality Is a Core Principle for Regulatory Risk Assessment

ERIK TIELEMANS, YVETTE CHRISTOPHER, HANS MARQUART, MONIQUE GROENEWOLD and JOOP VAN HEMMEN

Department of Chemical Exposure Assessment, TNO Chemistry, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands

Received 24 April 2002;

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In a recent issue of this journal, Money and Margary (2002) proposed some thoughtful guidelines for exposure assessment in regulatory risk assessment. Their structured approach acknowledges that currently available exposure data are of very variable quality (Northage and Marquart, 2001). We firmly underline their plea for a hierarchy in available exposure information sources, with a higher weight assigned to data with a lower level of uncertainty. The level of confidence an assessor has in the available exposure information should play . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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