Methods for calculating PNECs using species sensitivity distribution (SSD) with various hypothesis on the way to handle ecotoxicity data

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages 237-245

  Ciffroy, P ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

PNEC; Risk assessment; Species sensitivity distribution; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DATA REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIES; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN METHODS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS; INTRA-SPECIES VARIATION; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION (SSD);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38849191105     PISSN: 17433525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/EHR070251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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