Refining the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) for risk prioritization of trace chemicals in food

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2236-2245

  Felter, Susan ^a   Lane, Richard W ^b   Latulippe, Marie E ^c   Craig Llewellyn, G ^d   Olin, Stephen S ^c   Scimeca, Joseph A ^e   Trautman, Thomas D ^f  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^d Kraft General Foods   (United States)

^e CARGILL INC   (United States)

^f GENERAL MILLS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Food safety; Risk ranking; Threshold of regulation; Threshold of toxicological concern, TTC

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGEN TESTING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MUTAGENS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 67049126669     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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