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Alain LOMBARD: Toxicology and occupational health and safety consultant, Allotoxconsulting
INTRODUCTION
As part of health risk assessments, health agencies define guide values designed to protect the population in the event of exposure to chemical substances.
This fact sheet will help you understand how TRVs are calculated and defined, as well as their industrial impact.
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AFSSET (2010): Report, Guide d'élaboration de VTR : critères et méthodes.
ECETOC (1991): ECETOC Technical Report 43Emergency Exposure Indices for Industrial Chemicals.
ECETOC (2006) Technical Report 87, Evaluation of existing Methodologies sor setting Acute Exposure Threshold Levels to Derive an European AETL Methodology.
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