The FQPA 10X safety factor: How much is science? How much is sociology?

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-116

  Fenner Crisp, Penelope A ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ILSI Risk Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Food Safety; Pesticide Regulation; Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044526371     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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