Science and policy in risk assessments of chlorinated ethenes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 191-206

  Rudén, Christina ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Chlorinated ethenes; Epidemiology; Health risk assessment; Mechanism of toxicity; Regulatory toxicology

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROETHENE; ETHYLENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

CARCINOGENICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; STANDARD; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845674598     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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