Adverse outcome pathways and ecological risk assessment: Bridging to population-level effects

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-76

  Kramer, Vincent J ^a   Etterson, Matthew A ^b   Hecker, Markus ^c   Murphy, Cheryl A ^d   Roesijadi, Guritno ^e   Spade, Daniel J ^f   Spromberg, Julann A ^g   Wang, Magnus ^h   Ankley, Gerald T ^b  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ENTRIX   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h RIFCON GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse outcome pathway; Chemical toxicity; Pellston workshop; Population model; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; ADVERSE OUTCOMES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL STRESSORS; CHEMICAL TOXICITY; CONSPECIFICS; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; MECHANISTIC DATA; PELLSTON WORKSHOP; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION-LEVEL EFFECTS; QUANTITATIVE DATA;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); AROMATASE INHIBITOR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BIS(TRIBUTYLTIN) OXIDE; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FADROZOLE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOTIC FACTOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONSPECIFIC; ECOTOXICOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DYNAMIC ENERGY BUDGET MODEL; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650423952     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.375     Document Type: Article

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