Exposure-based waiving under REACH

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 408-420

  Vermeire, Theo ^a   van de Bovenkamp, Marja ^a   de Bruin, Yuri Bruinen ^a   Delmaar, Christiaan ^a   van Engelen, Jacqueline ^a   Escher, Sylvia ^b   Marquart, Hans ^c   Meijster, Tim ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer; Environment; Exposure models; Exposure based waiving; Integrated testing strategy; REACH; Uncertainty; Worker

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 79952451349     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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