Jang Jae-Yeon, Jo Soo-Nam, Kim So-Yeon, Lee Kyung-Eun, Choi Kyung-Ho, Kim Young-Hee
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
J Prev Med Public Health. 2014 Jan;47(1):27-35. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.2014.47.1.27. Epub 2014 Jan 29.
Exposure factors based on the Korean population are required for making appropriate risk assessment. It is expected that handbooks for exposure factors will be applied in many fields, as well as by health department risk assessors. The present article describes the development of an exposure factors handbook that specifically focuses on human activities in situations involving the possible risk of exposure to environmental contaminants. We define majour exposure factors that represent behavioral patterns for risk assessment, including time spent on routine activities, in different places, on using transportation, and engaged in activities related to water contact including swimming, bathing and washing. Duration of residence and employment are also defined. National survey data were used to identify recommended levels of exposure factors in terms of time spent on routine activities and period of residence and employment. An online survey was conducted with 2073 subjects who were selected using a stratified random sampling method in order to develop a list of exposure factors for the time spent in different places and in performing water-related activities. We provide the statistical distribution of the variables, and report reference levels of average exposure based on the reliable data in our exposure factors handbook.
进行适当的风险评估需要基于韩国人群的暴露因素。预计暴露因素手册将在许多领域得到应用，卫生部门的风险评估人员也会使用。本文描述了一本暴露因素手册的编制情况，该手册特别关注在可能接触环境污染物的情况下的人类活动。我们定义了主要的暴露因素，这些因素代表了风险评估的行为模式，包括在日常活动、不同场所、使用交通工具以及从事与水接触相关活动（包括游泳、洗澡和洗涤）上花费的时间。还定义了居住和工作的时长。利用全国调查数据确定了在日常活动时间以及居住和工作时长方面推荐的暴露因素水平。为了制定在不同场所和进行与水相关活动所花费时间的暴露因素清单，对2073名采用分层随机抽样方法选取的受试者进行了在线调查。我们提供了变量的统计分布，并根据暴露因素手册中的可靠数据报告了平均暴露的参考水平。
