A new method using a Health Index (HI) to screen low level toxic organic substances in consumer products

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2832-2837

  Yanagida, Hidetaka ^a   Yamasaki, Akihiro ^b   Yanagisawa, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

HEALTH INDEX (HI); LETHAL DOSE (LD); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS (OEL); PRIORITIZATION;

HEALTH CARE;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INDICATOR; LETHAL DOSE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TOXICITY TESTING;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEVISION; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646050357     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052159n     Document Type: Article

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