Exposures settings

Calculation settings

Table 122 Calculation settings for module Exposures.
Name Description

Risk type

The type of exposure considered in the assessment; acute (short term) or chronic (long-term).

Multiple substances analysis

Specifies whether the assessment involves multiple substances.

Express results in terms of reference substance equivalents (cumulative)

Specifies whether the assessment involves multiple substances and results should be cumulated over all substances.

Include dietary and non-dietary routes of exposure

Specifies whether the assessment involves both dietary and non-dietary (oral, inhalatory or dermal) routes of exposure.

Target level

Select to express hazard characterisations at external or internal exposure level.

Match non-dietary to dietary survey individuals

Specifies whether the individuals of one or more non-dietary surveys should be matched to individuals in the dietary survey according to the individual codes (idIndividual). If unchecked, nondietary exposures are randomly allocated to dietary survey individuals.

Match individuals of multiple non-dietary surveys

If checked, exposures from identical individuals in non-dietary surveys are aggregated to obtain the overall nondietary exposures. If unchecked, exposures from random individuals in all non-dietary surveys are aggregated.

Model-then-add

Specifies whether to create separate exposure models for specific groups of foods-as-measured (model-then-add).

Output settings

Table 123 Output settings for module Exposures.
Name Description

Include drill-down on 9 individuals around specified percentile.

Specifies whether drilldown on 9 individuals is to be included in the output.

Summarize simulated data

Specifies whether a summary of the simulated consumptions and concentrations should be included in the output.

Store simulated individual day exposures

Store the simulated individual day exposures. If unchecked, no additional output will be generated. If checked, the output will contain an additional section with the simulated individual day exposures.

Show percentiles for

Give specific percentiles of exposure distribution (%), e.g. 50 90 95 97.5 99 (space separated).

Percentage for drilldown

Gives detailed output for nine individuals near this percentile of the exposure distribution.

Percentage for upper tail

Gives detailed output for this upper percentage of the exposure distribution.

Show % of population below level(s)

Exposure levels can be generated automatically or by explicit specification (Manual).

Exposure levels

Specify exposure levels for which to give the percentage of exposure below these levels, e.g. 1 10 50 100 200 500. Specify below whether these levels are absolute or relative to ARfD/ADI.

Exposure levels are

Specify whether exposure levels are absolute or percentages of ARfD/ADI.

Number of levels of covariable to predict exposure

Specify the number of levels, e.g. 20. The range of the covariable is divided by the number of levels: range = (max - min)/levels. For these covariable levels exposures are predicted.

Predict exposure at extra covariable levels

Specify specific prediction levels in addition to the automatically generated prediction levels (space separated).

Lower percentage for variability (%)

The default value of 25% may be overruled.

Upper percentage for variability (%)

The default value of 75% may be overruled.

Uncertainty settings

Table 124 Uncertainty settings for module Exposures.
Name Description

Resample kinetic model parameter values

Specifies whether kinetic model parameter values are resampled.