ORAMUS(WINDOWS). Ozone Risk AssessMent Utilities

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:700580

Whitfield, R G; Jusko, M J ^[1]; Biller, W F ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. William F. Biller Consultants, East Brunswick, NJ (United States)

ORAMUS is a user-friendly, menu-driven software system that calculates and displays user-selected risk estimates for health effects attributable to short-term exposure to tropospheric ozone. Inputs to the risk assessment are estimates of exposure to ozone and exposure-response relationships to produce overall risk estimates in the form of probability distributions. Three fundamental models are included: headcount risk, benchmark risk, and hospital admissions. Exposure-response relationships are based on results of controlled human exposure studies. Exposure estimates are based on the EPA`s probabilistic national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) exposure model, pNEM/Osub3, which simulates air quality associated with attainment of alternative NAAQS. Using ORAMUS, risk results for 27 air quality scenarios, air quality in 9 urban areas, 33 health endpoints, and 4 chronic health endpoints can be calculated.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 700580
• Report Number(s): ESTSC-001117IBMPC02
• Resource Relation: Other Information: DN: The following explain some of the file naming conventions used in ORAMUS: .exe Executable files, .scn Screen files for menus and forms, .hlp Help files for menus and forms, .1o, .1p Exposure probability files for 1-h exposures at heavy exertion (accute effects), .2o,.2p Exposure probability files for 1-h exposures at moderate exertion (acute effects), .8o, .8p Exposure probability files for 8-h exposures at moderate exertion (acute effects), .sp Exposure probability files for seasonal exposures (chronic effects), .erf Exposure-response relationship files for headcount risk model, .hpr, .hor Risk output files for headcount risk models, .bmr Risk output files for benchmark risk models, .erp Exposure-response relationship files for benc...
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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