Compartmentalization in environmental science and the perversion of multiple thresholds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 249, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 63-72

  Burkart, Werner ^a  

^a Inst Radiat Hyg Fed Off R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined effects; Dose effect relationships; Environmental health; Holistic risk assessment; Low level risks; Protection philosophy

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

COMPARTMENT MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; LIFE; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0034678629     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00511-2     Document Type: Article

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