The use of safety or uncertainty factors in the setting of acute reference doses

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 627-635

  Renwick, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute Reference Dose; Human Variability; Risk Assessment; Safety Factor; Toxicokinetics; Uncertainty Factor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DYNAMICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAFETY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033866724     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026520300412555     Document Type: Article

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