Assessing cumulative health risks from exposure to environmental mixtures - Three fundamental questions

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 825-832

  Sexton, Ken ^a   Hattis, Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical mixtures; Combined effects; Cumulative exposure; Cumulative risk; Environmental mixtures; Interaction mechanisms; Multiple stressors; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL STRESS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICOKINETICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMPLEX MIXTURES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249027360     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9333     Document Type: Article

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