A decision tree for assessing effects from exposures to multiple substances

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Price, Paul ^a   Dhein, Ellen ^b   Hamer, Mick ^c   Han, Xianglu ^a   Heneweer, Marjoke ^d   Junghans, Marion ^e   Kunz, Petra ^e   Magyar, Csilla ^a   Penning, Holger ^f   Rodriguez, Carlos ^g  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b BAG E and S SER   (Germany)

^c JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f BASF SE   (Germany)

^g PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined exposures; Cumulative exposures; Ecotoxicity; Human health; Maximum cumulative ratio; Mixtures

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GRAPHICAL METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIAL; TOXIC ORGANISM;

EID: 84883556583     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-24-26     Document Type: Article

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