Exposure of an urban adult population to carbon monoxide : direct and indirect exposure assessment methods, determinants and sources : final report

For the development and efficient implementation of European policies in the field of chemical substances, in order to protect human health and the environment, the European Commission (EC) needs sound scientific knowledge on occurrence, source strengths distribution and fate, and on reliable exposure data. In the current stage of the development of the European Union (EU) strategy on chemicals (REACH); Registration Evaluation and Administration of Chemicals), there is abundant evidence among experts and policy makers, that human exposure data represent a major bottleneck to any level of risk assessment.