Evaluación del riesgo para la salud del tolueno y el formaldehído sobre la base de un escenario de exposición a corto

Ji-Eun Moon1, Si-Hyun Park1, Young-Hyun Kim1

  • 1Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Seokyeong University, 124, Seogyeong-ro, Seongbuk-ku, Seoul 02713, Republic of Korea.

Toxics
|August 27, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Las evaluaciones tradicionales de riesgos para la salud luchan con las exposiciones químicas a corto plazo. Los niveles mínimos de riesgo (LMR) se adaptan mejor a los escenarios de accidentes que las concentraciones de referencia (RfC) o las dosis (RfD), lo que conduce a una gestión de riesgos más precisa.

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