HI: Hazard Index

In EnviroPRA: Environmental Probabilistic Risk Assessment Tools

Description

Returns the Hazard Index (non carcinogenic effects)

Usage

HI(I, RFD)

Arguments

I	Intake Rate [mg/Kg*day]
RFD	Reference dose [mg/Kg*day]

Value

Hazard Index [-]

Author(s)

F. Barrio-Parra

Examples

# Assessing if there is systemic risk for an adult receptor that drinks water with 1000 ug/L 
# of hexaclorobence (Reference Dose (IRIS data base) = 8e-04 [mg/Kg*day]) in a residencial 
# scenario (default EPA Maximum Reasonable Exposure parameters)


HI (I = DWIR( CW=1, AT=24*365), RFD = 8e-04) 

EnviroPRA documentation built on May 1, 2019, 8:21 p.m.