Setting exposure standards: A decision process

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages 401-405

  Tilson, Hugh A ^a   MacPhail, Robert C ^a   Crofton, Kevin M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

IRIS; Neurotoxicity; Risk assessment; Screening; Tiered testing

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030014827     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s2401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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