Facility Core C--Environmental Modeling & Exposure Assessment

环境模拟和暴露评估设施（EMEAF）的主要目标是促进 通过提供所需的各种服务和设备， 了解农村环境中发现的污染物与其对人类的影响之间的关系 健康EMEAF通过向中心研究者提供以下服务来实现这一目标： 一个具有成本效益的仪器租借服务， 污染物和受影响人群的建模和显示指南， 就启动和开展基于人口的研究提供咨询意见，以及 测量环境污染物的专业知识。 特别是，EMEAF为年轻的研究人员提供必要的支持和指导， 研究生涯。EMEAF的研究人员和工作人员由具有环境保护专业知识的个人组成。 空气采样，工业卫生实践，健康物理学，空气扩散建模，计算流体 动力学建模、地理信息系统开发、流行病学评估，以及 化学分析方法该团队寻求为中心提供必要的支持和指导 为实现中心的总体目标。此外，EMEAF还提供了 在中心内发挥领导作用，帮助调查人员努力识别和访问适当的 研究人口和健康登记，以便有效地将环境毒物接触与 可能对人群健康造成不良影响。EMEAF工作人员还将努力增加 通过改进方法减少暴露错误分类进行流行病学研究。

The primary goal of the Environmental Modeling and Exposure Assessment Facility (EMEAF) is to facilitate the research efforts of Center investigators by providing a variety of services and equipment needed to understand the relationship between contaminants found in rural environments and their impact on human health. The EMEAF accomplishes this goal by offering Center investigators: ¿ A cost-effective instrumentation lending service, ¿ Guidance on modeling and display of contaminants and affected populations, ¿ Advice on initiating and conducting population-based studies, and ¿ Expertise in measuring environmental contaminants. In particular, the EMEAF provides essential support and direction to young investigators beginning to build research careers. The investigators and staff of the EMEAF consist of individuals with expertise in ambient air sampling, industrial hygiene practices, health physics, air dispersion modeling, computational fluid dynamics modeling, development of geographical information systems, epidemiological assessments, and chemical analytical methods. This team seeks to give essential support and direction to Center investigators in order to achieve the overall goals of the Center. Furthermore, the EMEAF provides a leadership role within the Center by aiding investigators in their efforts to identify and access appropriate study populations and health registries in order to effectively link environmental toxicant exposures with possible adverse health outcomes within populations. EMEAF staff will also work to increase the power of epidemiologic studies by improving methods to reduce exposure misclassification.