A probabilistic approach for deriving acceptable human intake limits and human health risks from toxicological studies: General framework

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 787-798

  Slob, W ^a   Pieters, M N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Critical effect dose; Critical effect size; Extrapolation factors; Human health risks; RfD; Uncertainty distributions

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL EFFECT DOSES; EXTRAPOLATION FACTORS; REFERENCE DOSE; UNCERTAINTY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EXTRAPOLATION; HEALTH RISKS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TOXICITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALS; BENCHMARKING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0032411446     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RIAN.0000005924.18154.60     Document Type: Article

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