Uncertainty in toxicological risk assessment for non-carcinogenic health effects

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-104

  Kalberlah, Fritz ^a   Schneider, Klaus ^a   Schuhmacher Wolz, Ulrike ^a  

^a Research and Advisory Institute for Hazardous Substances   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deterministic methods; Probabilistic methods; Quantitative analysis; Risk management; Toxicological risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXICITY;

EID: 0037299733     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-2300(02)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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