Establishing exposure science as a distinct scientific discipline

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• Personal Author:
  Blount BC ; Harper M ; Pleil, Joachim D. ; Waidyanatha S
• Description:
  As readers of this journal, we are likely in agreement that ''Exposure science is the bedrock for protection of public health.'', and despite some differing opinions as to what the exact definition of ''exposure science'' should be, a general consensus states that it ''... studies human contact with chemical, physical, or biological agents occurring in their environments, and advances knowledge of the mechanisms and dynamics of events either causing or preventing adverse health outcomes.'' We have probably also observed that, in the greater scheme of scientific professions, those who practice exposure science are erstwhile chemists, biologists, physicists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, mathematicians, computer scientists, statisticians, environmental engineers, and medical/public health doctors; few, if any, of us are formally trained ''exposure scientists''. Furthermore, exposure science tends to be considered a part of the other public health disciplines; the toxicologists, statisticians, and epidemiologists treat exposure as a subset of their disciplines, and often express concern about the lack of sufficient exposure information. In this article, we hope to promote exposure science as a distinct and recognizable scientific discipline. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Epidemiology Men Occupational Health Public Health Safety Toxicology Women
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Chemical-reactions Environmental-exposure Environmental-health Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Humans Physiological-effects Public-health Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1559-0631
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  317-319
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041110
• Citation:
  J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2012 Jul-Aug; 22(4):317-319
• Email:
  pleil.joachim@epa.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193754/cdc_193754_DS1.pdf
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