Integration of probabilistic exposure assessment and probabilistic hazard characterization

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-371

  Van Der Voet, Hilko ^a   Slob, Wout ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Individual margin of exposure (IMoE); Monte Carlo; Probabilistic risk assessment; Probability of critical exposure (PoCE); Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDIVIDUAL MARGIN OF EXPOSURE (IMOE); PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY OF CRITICAL EXPOSURE (POCE);

RISK ANALYSIS;

ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34248674108     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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