Health risk characterisation for environmental pollutants with a new concept of overall risk probability

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 480-487

  Cao, Qiming ^a,b   Yu, Qiming ^a   Connell, Des W ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Estrogen; Health risk assessment; Overall risk probability; Risk characterisation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CHARACTERISATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HEALTH EFFECTS; INDEPENDENT ACTION; MIXTURE EFFECTS; OVERALL RISK PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC TECHNIQUE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK PROBABILITIES;

CHEMICALS; HEALTH; PROBABILITY; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SURFACE WATER;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; FISHES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79951855051     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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