A phased approach for assessing combined effects from multiple stressors

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 807-816

  Menzie, Charles A ^a   MacDonell, Margaret M ^b   Mumtaz, Moiz ^c  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined effects; Cumulative risk assessment; GIS; Multiple stressors; Phased approach; Stressor identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249085994     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9331     Document Type: Article

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