The threshold of toxicological concern concept in risk assessment

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Kroes, R ^a   Kleiner, J ^b   Renwick, A ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Threshold of Toxicological Concern

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FLAVORING AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONSUMER; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GENOTOXICITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; DECISION TREES; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 26444572796     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi169     Document Type: Article

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