Haber's rule duration adjustments should not be used systematically for risk assessment in public health decision-making

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Belkebir, Emel ^a   Rousselle, Christophe ^a   Duboudin, Cédric ^b   Bodin, Laurent ^a   Bonvallot, Nathalie ^a,c  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b Regional Health Agency of Franche Comté   (France)

^c EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Concentration time response; Duration adjustment; Haber's rule; Reference concentration; Risk assessment; Temporal adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79958016710     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.04.026     Document Type: Article

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