Priority Setting in the REACH System

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-308

  Hansson, Sven Ove ^a   Rudén, Christina ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemicals control; REACH; Risk assessment; Risk management; Tiered testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 33645113735     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj071     Document Type: Article

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