Food Safety: Risk Assessment Methodology and Decision-Making Criteria

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 435-451

  Brock, William J ^a   Rodricks, Joseph V ^a   Rulis, Alan ^b   Dellarco, Vicki L ^c   Gray, George M ^d   Lane, Richard W ^e  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^e UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADI; Food Safety; Pesticides; Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARABINOGALACTAN; AZINPHOS METHYL; CARCINOGEN; CHLORPYRIFOS; CIPERMETHRIN; DICHLORVOS; DICROTOPHOS; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; DISULFOTON; ERYTHRITOL; ETHOPROP; FENAMIPHOS; FENTHION; FOOD ADDITIVE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GAMMA CYCLODEXTRIN; MALATHION; METHAMIDOPHOS; METHIDATHION; MEVINPHOS; MYCOPROTEIN; PESTICIDE; PHOSALONE; PHOSMET; PYRETHRIN; STIROFOS; TERBUFOS; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347717738     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109158180302200605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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