Contrasting theories of interaction in epidemiology and toxicology

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Howard, Gregory J ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Concentration addition; Interaction; Mixtures; Synergy; TEF; Toxic equivalency factor

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MODEL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; TOXICOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84872066536     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205889     Document Type: Note

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