Consideration of Age-Related Changes in Behavior Trends in Older Adults in Assessing Risks of Environmental Exposures
| Autor: | Douglas O. Johns, Qingyu Meng, Jacqueline Moya, Lauren Tuttle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Adult
Male Gerontology Aging Adolescent MEDLINE Risk Assessment Young Adult Older adult activity Age related Environmental health Humans Medicine Young adult Child Aged Aged 80 and over Community and Home Care business.industry Potential risk Age Factors Infant Newborn Infant Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Middle Aged United States Younger adults Child Preschool Environmental Pollutants Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Risk assessment business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Aging and Health. 25:243-273 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6887 0898-2643 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0898264312468032 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To explore age-related behavior differences between older and younger adults, and to review how older adult activity patterns are considered in evaluating the potential risk of exposure to environmental pollutants. Methods: Activity pattern data and their use in risk assessments were analyzed using the U.S. EPA Exposure Factors Handbook (EFH), U.S. EPA Consolidated Human Activity Pattern Database (CHAD), and peer-reviewed literature describing human health risk assessments. Results: The characterization by age of some factors likely to impact older adults’ exposures remains limited. We demonstrate that age-related behavior trends vary between younger and older adults, and these differences are rarely explicitly considered in environmental health risk assessment for older adults. Discussion: Incorporating older adult exposure factors into risk assessments may be challenging because of data gaps and difficulty in defining and appropriately binning older adults. Additional data related to older adult exposure factors are warranted for evaluating risk among this susceptible population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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