5.13 SWIMMING DERMAL CONTACT

    The swimming dermal contact exposure pathway is based on the same dermal exposure model used for the shower dermal contact exposure pathway. Default parameter values for the swimming dermal contact exposure pathway are given in Table 5.13.

    Note that the product of swimming event time and swimming frequency is equal to an average daily swimming time of 0.033 hours, consistent with the initial MEPAS daily swimming time.

TABLE 5.12 Swimming Water Ingestion Parameter Default Values

 
         
Default Value
Parameter
  
Definition
  
Units
  
Individual
  
Population
TEw   swimming event time   h/event  
0.5
  
0.5
FEsw   swimming frequency   event/d  
0.066
  
0.066
Fww   time fraction    --(a)  
1.0
  
1.0
Uww   water ingestion rate   L/h  
0.10
  
0.10
(a) Dash indicates not applicable.


TABLE 5.13 Swimming Dermal Contact Parameter Default Values

 
         
Default Value
Parameter
  
Definition
  
Units
  
Individual
  
Population
TEw   swimming event time   h/event  
0.5
  
0.5
FEsw   swimming frequency   event/d  
0.066
  
0.066
Fwd   time fraction   --(a)  
1.0
  
1.0
Awd   skin area contacted   cm2  
20,000
  
20,000
lsc   skin thickness   cm  
0.001
  
0.001
(a) Dash indicates not applicable.