Variability and Uncertainty in Swedish Exposure Factors for Use in Quantitative Exposure Assessments

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-119

  Filipsson, Monika ^a   Öberg, Tomas ^a   Bergbäck, Bo ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body weight; Exposure factors; Food ingestion; Skin surface area; Time use; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; EXPOSURE FACTORS; FOOD INGESTION; SKIN SURFACE AREA; TIME USE; UNCERTAINTY; VARIABILITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BODY MASS; INGESTION RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKEWNESS; SKIN; SURFACE AREA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650539664     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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