Route-to-route extrapolation of the toxic potency of MTBE

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 717-725

  Dourson, Michael L ^a   Felter, Susan P ^a  

^a Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrapolation; Groundwater; MTBE; Route to route

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ETHERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER;

HEALTH RISKS;

CYTOCHROME P450; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; GROUND WATER; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ABSORPTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER RISK; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EXCRETION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILES; CARCINOGENS; DATABASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031417801     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb01278.x     Document Type: Article

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