Evaluation of the validity of the US EPA's cancer risk assessment of arsenic for low-level exposures: A likelihood ratio approach

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 133-142

  Guo, How Ran ^a,c   Valberg, Peter A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GRADIENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cancer; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONTAMINANTS; CANCER; DISEASE RISK; DRINKING WATER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031462659     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018458723577     Document Type: Review

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