Replacing the default values of 10 with data-derived values: A comparison of two different data-derived uncertainty factors for boron

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 973-983

  Zhao, Qiyu ^a   Unrine, Jason ^a   Dourson, Michael ^a  

^a Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment   (United States)

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EID: 22844456200     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039991289266     Document Type: Review

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