Refined PBPK model of aggregate exposure to methyl tertiary-butyl ether

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-235

  Kim, David ^a   Andersen, Melvin E ^b   Pleil, Joachim D ^c   Nylander French, Leena A ^a   Prah, James D ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate exposure; Biomarker; Methyl tertiary butyl ether; PBPK; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; STOMACH; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947317269     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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