A tiered approach for assessing children's exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 469-474

  Armstrong, Thomas W ^a   Hushka, Leslie J ^a   Tell, Joan G ^a,b   Zaleski, Rosemary T ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chemical; Children; Exposure; Exposure factors; Health; Margin of exposure; Tiered

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ADOLESCENT; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0033949030     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108469     Document Type: Article

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