Information needs for risk assessment in EPA'S office of pollution prevention and toxics

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1094-1098

  Nabholz, J V ^a   Clements, R G ^a   Zeeman, M G ^a  

^a Off of Poll Prevention and Toxics   (United States)

Author keywords

Field study; Industrial chemicals; Microcosm; Pesticides; Test protocols; Tiered testing; Toxic Substances Control Act; Toxicity testing; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001607490     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1094:INFRAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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