Risk assessment of mixtures of pesticides. Current approaches and future strategies

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-192

  Reffstrup, Trine Klein ^a   Larsen, John Christian ^a   Meyer, Otto ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Combined action; Interaction; Mixture; PBTK; Pesticide; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; POLLUTANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 76849102385     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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