Towards quantitative uncertainty assessment for cancer risks: Central estimates and probability distributions of risk in dose-response modeling

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-207

  Kopylev, Leonid ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   White, Paul ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected value of risk; MCMC; Probabilistic risk assessment; Uncertainty; WinBugs

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 36048957862     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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