Outline on risk assessment programme of existing substances in the European Union

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 93-96

  Hertel, Rolf F ^a  

^a Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

Author keywords

Existing substance; Priority substance; Risk assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLONITRILE; AMINE; ANILINE; BENZENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLOROFORM; CUMENE; CYCLOHEXANE; ESTER; ETHER; ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; METAL DERIVATIVE; METHENAMINE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PENTANE; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; STYRENE; TOLUENE; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0030588313     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(96)00036-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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