Combining occurrence and toxicity information to identify priorities for drinking-water mixture research

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 653-666

  Ryker, Sarah J ^a   Small, Mitchell J ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drinking water; Interaction; Mixtures; Toxicity; Value of information

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARSENIC; BINARY MIXTURES; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HEALTH; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANGANESE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; NONMETALS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POTABLE WATER; REUSABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ADDITIVE MODELS; AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY (ATSDR); CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; CHEMICAL MIXTURES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DATA SETS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; HAZARD INDICES; INTERACTION MODELING; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; MIXTURE TOXICITY; PARAMETERIZED; QUALITY DATA; RELATIVE VALUE; RISK MODELING; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; TERNARY MIXTURES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (USEPA); WATER MIXTURES; WATER SOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MODELING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROTOXICITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MANGANESE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45349100772     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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