Risk assessment and management of new and existing chemicals

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 243-299

  Van Leeuwen, Cornelis J ^a   Bro Rasmussen, Finn ^b   Feijtel, Tom C J ^c   Arndt, Reiner ^d   Bussian, Bernd M ^e   Calamari, Davide ^f   Glynn, Paul ^g   Grandy, Nicky J ^h   Hansen, Bjorn ⁱ   Van Hemmen, Joop J ^j   Hurst, Peter ^k   King, Norman ^p   Koch, Rainer ^l   Müller, Markus ^m   Solbé, John F ⁿ   Speijers, Gerrit A B ^o   Vermeire, Theo ^o  

^a Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^e UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g DG XII F 6   (Belgium)

^h OECD   (France)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^j TNO   (Netherlands)

^k World Wildlife Fund Schweiz   (Switzerland)

^l BAYER AG   (Germany)

^m Federal Research Station   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^p NONE

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Author keywords

Consumer exposure; Ecatoxicity; European communities; Existing chemical; Exposure model; Monitoring; New chemical; Occupational exposure; Priority setting; QSARs; Risk assessment; Risk management; Risk reduction; Risk benefit analysis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030596141     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(96)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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