Sensitivity analysis of biologically motivated model for formaldehyde-induced respiratory cancer in humans

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 481-495

  Crump, Kenny S ^a,c   Chen, Chao ^b   Fox, John F ^b   Van Landingham, Cynthia ^a   Subramaniam, Ravi ^b  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Nasal cancer; Quantitative risk assessment; Respiratory cancer; Sensitivity analysis; Two stage clonal expansion model

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; ESTIMATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH; MODAL ANALYSIS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STANDARDS;

CANCER RISKS; CANCER.; CONCURRENT CONTROL; DEATH RATES; HUMAN EXPOSURE STANDARDS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN MODELLING; HUMAN RISK; INHALATION STUDIES; INITIATED CELLS; LIMITED SENSITIVITY; NASAL CANCER; NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY CANCER; TWO-STAGE CLONAL EXPANSION; TWO-STAGE CLONAL EXPANSION MODEL; UPPER BOUNDS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 49449098781     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men038     Document Type: Article

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