Conundrums with Uncertainty Factors: Perspective

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-339

  Cooke, Roger ^a,b  

^a Delft University of Technology ^*

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; LOAEL; NOAEL; Uncertainty factors

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; BENCHMARK DOSE; CURRENT PRACTICES; ILL-CONDITIONED; INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTION; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MARGIN OF SAFETY; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; NON-PARAMETRIC; PROBABILISTIC ARGUMENTS; PROBABILISTIC INTERPRETATION; QUANTITATIVE RISK; RATIOS OF RESPONSE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION MODEL; RESPONSE RATE; RISK QUANTIFICATION; SUBCHRONIC; UNCERTAINTY FACTORS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; DATABASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949369330     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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