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Guidance on Selecting the Appropriate Age Groups for Assessing Childhood Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (External Review Draft)
Risk Assessment Forum
Federal Register Notices
Notice:
This document has been superseded by the Guidance on Selecting Groups for Monitoring and Assessing Childhood Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (2005) Final Report posted Feb 8, 2006..
A major issue facing the Agency is how to consistently consider age-related changes in behavior and physiology when assessing early lifestage exposure and potential dose. Key to this issue is how to capture these changes in an assessment of risks from exposure to environmental contaminants. This document is intended to provide guidance to EPA scientists on the appropriate age groups to consider when assessing childhood exposure and potential dose to environmental contaminants. A consistent set of childhood age groups, supported by an underlying scientific rationale, will improve Agency exposure and risk assessments for children and will assist the Agency in implementing various regulatory initiatives. In addition, these age groups will guide future analyses of exposure factors data as well as new research and data collection efforts.
Contact: Risk Assessment Forum Staff, 202-564-6483, or risk.forum@epa.gov
Downloads/Related Links
- Guidance on Selecting the Appropriate Age Groups for Assessing Childhood Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (External Review Draft) (PDF) (40 pp, 672KB, about PDF)
- Age Group Recommendations for Assessing Childhood Exposure and the Adequacy of Existing Exposure Factors Data for Children (PDF) (162 pp, 14.06MB, about PDF)
Related Link(s)
- Summary Report of the Technical Workshop on Issues Associated with Considering Developmental Changes in Behavior and Anatomy When Assessing Exposure to Children
- Guidance on Selecting Age Groups for Monitoring and Assessing Child-Hood Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (Final)
Citation
Guidance on Selecting the Appropriate Age Groups for Assessing Childhood Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Assessment Forum, Washington, DC, EPA/630/P-03/003A, 2003.