Current risk assessment approaches in different countries

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 359-369

  Larsen, John Ch ^a   Farland, William ^b   Winters, Dwain ^b  

^a DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reference dose; Risk assessment; Risk management; Risk specific dose; Threshold; Tolerable daily intake; Toxic equivalent

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034131255     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026520300283423     Document Type: Article

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