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The effective dose concept accounts for physiological recovery, reducing predicted casualties in time-varying toxic exposure scenarios. This approach resolves paradoxes in dose-load calculations for intermittent exposures.

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Toxicology
Risk Assessment
Environmental Health

Background:

Traditional dose-load calculations rely on constant toxic exposure, common in animal studies.
Accident scenarios often involve time-varying toxic material concentrations, challenging existing models.
Additive dose-load assumptions create paradoxes with intermittent exposures.

Purpose of the Study:

To extend the dose-load concept for time-varying toxic exposures.
To introduce the effective dose concept incorporating physiological recovery.
To resolve paradoxes in dose-load calculations for intermittent exposure scenarios.

Main Methods:

Developed the effective dose concept, integrating physiological recovery.
Analyzed intermittent toxic concentration time series.
Evaluated the protective role of buildings as shelters against toxic gases.

Main Results:

The effective dose concept reduces predicted casualties in intermittent exposure scenarios.
Physiological recovery processes are crucial for accurate risk assessment.
Buildings significantly mitigate risks from instantaneous toxic gas releases.

Conclusions:

The effective dose provides a more realistic risk assessment for time-varying exposures.
Intermittent toxic exposures require accounting for recovery to avoid paradoxical outcomes.
Shelter in buildings is a critical factor in hazard evaluation for toxic releases.