Critical analysis of literature on low-dose synergy for use in screening chemical mixtures for risk assessment

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 369-383

  Boobis, Alan ^a   Budinsky, Robert ^b   Collie, Shanna ^c   Crofton, Kevin ^d   Embry, Michelle ^e   Felter, Susan ^f   Hertzberg, Richard ^g   Kopp, David ^g   Mihlan, Gary ^h   Mumtaz, Moiz ⁱ   Price, Paul ^b   Solomon, Keith ^j   Teuschler, Linda ^d   Yang, Raymond ^k   Zaleski, Rosemary ^l  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c Synergy Toxicology   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^k Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^l EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chemical mixtures; low dose; risk assessment; synergy; TTC

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHLORPYRIFOS; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; DIMPYLATE; DIOXIN; ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROQUINONE; MALATHION; MIREX; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOLUENE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; XYLENE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS;

BENCHMARKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955756966     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2010.543655     Document Type: Review

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