Comparison of risk assessments of boron: Alternate approaches to chemical-specific adjustment factors

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 57-68

  Murray, F Jay ^a   Schlekat, Christian E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Boric acid; Boron; Nutrition; Pharmacokinetics; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

GLOMERULUS;

EID: 1642315298     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030490280954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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