title: Korean Ministry of Environment's web-based visual consumer product exposure and risk assessment system (COPER).
abstract: With support from the Korean Ministry of the Environment (ME), our interdisciplinary research staff developed the COnsumer Product Exposure and Risk assessment system (COPER). This system includes various databases and features that enable the calculation of exposure and determination of risk caused by consumer products use. COPER is divided into three tiers: the integrated database layer (IDL), the domain specific service layer (DSSL), and the exposure and risk assessment layer (ERAL). IDL is organized by the form of the raw data (mostly non-aggregated data) and includes four sub-databases: a toxicity profile, an inventory of Korean consumer products, the weight fractions of chemical substances in the consumer products determined by chemical analysis and national representative exposure factors. DSSL provides web-based information services corresponding to each database within IDL. Finally, ERAL enables risk assessors to perform various exposure and risk assessments, including exposure scenario design via either inhalation or dermal contact by using or organizing each database in an intuitive manner. This paper outlines the overall architecture of the system and highlights some of the unique features of COPER based on visual and dynamic rendering engine for exposure assessment model on web.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hunjoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.|Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kiyoung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea. adstar2000@empas.com.
authors.forename: Sung-Gi
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Min
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004777:Environment; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Database; Exposure estimation; Exposure factor; Toxicity; Visual rendering engine; Weight fraction