Estimating the predicted environmental concentration of the residues of veterinary medicines: Should uncertainty and variability be ignored?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-496

  Kelly, Louise A ^a,b   Taylor, Mike A ^a   Wooldridge, Marion J A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Predicted environmental concentration; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RANDOM PROCESSES;

PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION (PEC);

VETERINARY MEDICINE;

VETERINARY DRUG;

MEDICINE;

CALCULATION; DRUG CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GRAZING; PASTURE; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; VARIABILITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FECES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VETERINARY DRUGS;

EID: 0037638890     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00329     Document Type: Review

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