Considering the cumulative risk of mixtures of chemicals - A challenge for policy makers

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Sarigiannis, Denis A ^a,b   Hansen, Ute ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH RISK; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH HAZARD; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84863309869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-S1-S18     Document Type: Review

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