A probabilistic framework for non-cancer risk assessment

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Chen, James J ^a   Moon, Hojin ^a   Kodell, Ralph L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Distribution of exposure; Hierarchical model; Interspecies and intraspecies uncertainties; Point of departure

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34248632493     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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