Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 775-792

  Van Den Berg, Martin ^a   Birnbaum, Linda ^b   Bosveld, Albertus T C ^c   Brunström, Björn ^d   Cook, Philip ^e   Feeley, Mark ^f   Giesy, John P ^g   Hanberg, Annika ^h   Hasegawa, Ryuichi ⁱ   Kennedy, Sean W ^j   Kubiak, Timothy ^k   Larsen, John Christian ^l   Van Leeuwen, F X Rolaf ^m   Liem, A K Djien ⁿ   Nolt, Cynthia ^e   Peterson, Richard E ^o   Poellinger, Lorenz ^h   Safe, Stephen ^p   Schrenk, Dieter ^q   Tillitt, Donald ^r   Tysklind, Mats ^s   Younes, Maged ^m   Wærn, Fredrik ^h   Zacharewski, Tim ^t   more..

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^j ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^k U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^l National Food Agency of Denmark   (Denmark)

^m WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^p TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^r U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^s UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t Michigan State University   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dioxins; Humans; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; TEFs; Toxic equivalency; Uncertainties; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FISH; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTOR; TOXICITY; WILDLIFE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032449610     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106775     Document Type: Article

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