Human risk assessment and TEFs

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 347-358

  Van den Berg, Martin ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^b   Schrenk, Dieter ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additivity; Ah receptor; Applicability; Common mechanism; Dose response; Kinetic differences; Non additive interactions; Species responsiveness

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FISH; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TOXICITY TESTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034130907     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026520300283414     Document Type: Article

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