Review article

Human Exposure Assessment Location (HEAL) - Historical Review

Marko Šarić
Mirka Fugaš
Vlasta Drevenkar

Abstract

The first part of the review describes events and newly acquired knowledge that anticipated the making of the HEAL project and its preparatory phase. The pilot study relied on the belief that the total exposure assessment should take into account different pollutants and their relative contribution in the human intake from different environmental media such as air, drinking water, food chain, and soil. The pilot study included exposure assessment to lead and cadmium, nitrogen dioxide, hexachlorobenzene, and DDT-complex. Concurrently, another study on indoor air quality in Kenya and Gambia took place.
In its second phase, the project evaluated the actual trends and outlined potential future directions. It was decided that the project should focus on the promotion of exposure studies, particularly in developing countries, and that it should establish a closer relation with health risk assessment and environmental epidemiology.
The last part of the review describes the participation of the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health in the project and in related research activities performed after the pilot phase.

Keywords

asbestos; exposure assessment; HEAL; heavy metals; human exposure; nitrogen dioxide; organochlorine pesticides; pilot studies; preparatory phase; quality control; radionuclides

Hrčak ID:

3321

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3321

Publication date:

7.10.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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