Risk assessment of peak exposure to genotoxic carcinogens: A pragmatic approach

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Bos, Peter M J ^a   Baars, Bert Jan ^a   Van Raaij, Marcel T M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic risk; Dose rate correction factor; Genotoxic carcinogen; Short term exposure

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942516278     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.01.027     Document Type: Article

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