Regulatory assessment of chemicals within OECD member countries, EU and in Russia

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-88

  Fjodorova, Natalja ^a   Novich, Marjana ^a   Vrachko, Marjan ^a   Kharchevnikova, Nina ^b   Zholdakova, Zoya ^b   Sinitsyna, Oxana ^b   Benfenati, Emilio ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical risk assessment; Chemicals policy; Evaluation and authorization of chemicals (REACH); Exposure guidelines; Exposure standards; Globally harmonized system of classification and labeling of chemicals (GHS); Hazardous; Registration; Regulations; Risk

Indexed keywords

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE GUIDELINES; EXPOSURE STANDARDS;

CHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AIR POLLUTANT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPEAN UNION; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WATER POLLUTANT;

COMMERCE; EUROPE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PRODUCT LABELING; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIA; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 40449090769     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590500801907365     Document Type: Review

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