An ignored risk factor in toxicology: The total imprecision of exposure assessment

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-391

  Grandjean, Philippe ^a,b   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Imprecision; Quality assurance; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749315833     PISSN: 00334545     EISSN: 13653075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1351/PAC-CON-09-05-04     Document Type: Article

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