Probabilistic approaches in the effect assessment of toxic chemicals: What are the benefits and limitations?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 307-314

  Scheringer, Martin ^a   Steinbach, Dirk ^a   Escher, Beate ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Deterministic risk assessment; Effect assessment; Logit; Methyl parathion; Probabilistic risk assessment; Probit

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036388172     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987572     Document Type: Note

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