Application of uncertainty factors in the priority substances program and international harmonization

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1013-1022

  Meek, M E ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Interspecies and intraspecies variation; Tolerable or reference dose; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844455236     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039991289301     Document Type: Article

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