ABSTRACT
EPA’s TEAM (Total Exposure Assessment Methodology) Study was designed to develop and demonstrate methods to measure human exposure to toxic substances in air, food, and drinking water, and to measure biological fluids (breath, blood, urine) for the same compounds to determine body burden. A first phase to field-test the methods was completed in 1981 [1,2,3], Methods developed or demonstrated in Phase I included a personal monitor employing Tenax™ cartridges, a spirometer for collecting expired air on Tenax cartridges, and a statistical design with field-tested questionnaires for the present study.
