Dioxins: WHO's tolerable daily intake (TDI) revisited

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 9-11, 2000, Pages 1095-1101

  Van Leeuwen, F X Rolaf ^a   Feeley, Mark ^b   Schrenk, Dieter ^c   Larsen, John Christian ^d   Farland, William ^e   Younes, Maged ^f  

^a Bilthoven Division   (Netherlands)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; LIVER DISEASES; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033998363     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00358-6     Document Type: Article

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