About hazard and risk assessment: Regulatory approaches in assessing safety in the European Union chemicals legislation

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-195

  Gebel, Tom ^a   Lechtenberg Auffarth, Eva ^a   Guhe, Christine ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical safety; CLP; Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling (GHS); Hazard assessment; Hazard classification; Hazard identification; REACH; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 67650685882     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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