Factor Finder CD-ROM
Contact
- Amy Amina C. Wilkins
- by phone at: 703-347-8525
- by email at: wilkins.amina@epa.gov
- by email at: wilkins.amina@epa.gov
Factor Finder is used by exposure assessors, risk assessors, and other concerned communities to locate exposure-related data contained within the Exposure Factors Handbook (EFH) and Sociodemographic Data Used in Identifying Potentially Highly Exposed Populations (HEP). The EFH and the HEP are "companion" guidance documents produced by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development. The Exposure Factors Handbook (EFH) summarizes data on exposure factors (values that describe human behaviors and characteristics that affect exposure to environmental contaminants) and offers guidance on their selection. The Sociodemographic Data Used for Identifying Potentially Highly Exposed Populations (HEP) document provides guidance to help risk assessors and managers identify and enumerate populations that may experience greater contaminant exposures relative to the general population. Nationally averaged exposure factors are well-suited for determining exposure estimates for general populations. However, applying nationally averaged exposure factors to unique populations can sometimes underestimate potential exposure risks. Thus, the HEP document can be consulted first to determine whether the given population of concern contains a highly exposed population and to learn characteristics of that population which may affect their exposure to environmental contaminants. Equipped with this information, the assessor can then select exposure factors from the EFH that are more representative of the given population of concern, thereby improving the exposure risk estimate. The HEP document can then be referenced again to help assessors and risk managers determine the number of people who potentially fall into highly exposed categories. The Factor Finder CD-ROM helps facilitate the process of referencing both documents. The Factor Finder CD-ROM User's Guide also is included on the CD-ROM. Adobe Acrobat Reader and Java are required to operate the CD-ROM, and both are available for downloading during the easy Factor Finder installation process.
Downloads/Related Links
- Factfind.ZIP
- Guide to Using the Factor Finder CD-ROM (PDF) (24 pp, 251 KB, about PDF)
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Additional Information
While the Factor Finder program has to be downloaded to use it, The User's Guide can either be downloaded or viewed online without downloading.