US EPA's IRIS pilot program: Establishing IRIS as a centralized, peer- reviewed data base with agency consensus

Toxicology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Mills, Amy ^a   Foureman, Gary L ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTAMINATION; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGY;

BENCHMARKING; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATABASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 0032524686     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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