title: Background on the system of integral evaluation of human exposure to toxic substances in the work and municipal environments.
abstract: Exposure to toxic chemicals in the work, natural and home environments is recognised as combined exposure. The system of integral evaluation of human exposure should take account of all toxic substances occurring in all environmental media (air, water, soil and food), and all routes through which they enter the human body. To provide the integral evaluation it is necessary to develop different exposure scenarios based on dose intake or derived values. Following the toxicological criteria, calculated exposure indicators, after their standardisation and aggregation, should be converted into combined exposure indices. The index value will reflect the level of combined exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Hazard, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lódź, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dutkiewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kończalik
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances