Integrating epidemiology and toxicology in neurotoxicity risk assessment

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-293

  Boyes, William K ^a,c   Moser, Virginia C ^a   Geller, Andrew M ^a   Benignus, Vernon A ^a   Bushnell, Philip J ^a   Kamel, Freya ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Epidemiology; Neurotoxicity risk assessment; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34248337889     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327106070481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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