Challenges in defining background levels for human and ecological risk assessments

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1623-1632

  Judd, Nancy L ^a   Karr, James R ^a   Griffith, William C ^a   Faustman, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Background; Fish; PCBs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342620819     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714044786     Document Type: Review

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