The perils and promise of modern risk assessment: The example of trichloroethylene

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 497-512

  Kester, Janet E ^a   Clewell III, Harvey J ^a  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 4444226304     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coem.2004.03.006     Document Type: Review

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