RISK: Risk

In EnviroPRA: Environmental Probabilistic Risk Assessment Tools

Description

Returns the Risk estimation (carcinogenic effects)

Usage

RISK(I, SF)

Arguments

I	Intake Rate [mg/Kg*day]
SF	Slope Factor [(mg/Kg*day)^-1] (chemical specific)

Value

Risk [-]

Author(s)

F. Barrio-Parra

Examples

# Assessing if there is carcinogenic risk for an adult receptor that drinks water with 1000 ug/L 
# of hexaclorobence (Oral Slope Factor (IRIS data base) = 1.6 [mg/Kg*day]^-1) in a residencial 
# scenario (default EPA Maximum Reasonable Exposure parameters)


RISK (I = DWIR( CW=1), SF = 1.6) 

Example output

[1] 0.01315068

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