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NIOSH Exposure Assessment Program: Evidence Package for 2006-2016
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April 2017
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Description:Development of tools and strategies for conducting exposure assessment has been a fundamental part of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) since its establishment in 1970. Exposures to hazards at worksites have evolved over time. NIOSH researchers have developed and evaluated exposure assessment methods and direct-reading monitors and methods to address these evolving exposures.
The NIOSH Exposure Assessment Program (EXAP) is distributed across both intramural programs (work conducted by NIOSH researchers) and extramural activities (grants and cooperative agreements funded by NIOSH). In recent years, the intramural component of the program has received an average of approximately $12 million in funding and the extramural component have received approximately $14 million in funding.
EXAP priorities are largely driven by available workplace and worker health surveillance data and related stakeholder needs. The EXAP priorities have been articulated in two strategic goals: (1) fostering research and providing guidance to develop or improve exposure assessment strategies and (2) developing or improving specific tools or methods to assess exposures of workers to critical occupational agents and stressors. Two of the most emphasized areas of work over the last 10 years have focused on methods development including the enhancement and expansion of the NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM) and on direct-reading exposure assessment methods and sensors. The ultimate goal of the EXAP is to reduce the exposures of workers to hazards.
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