Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission's recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles

Altex

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-385

  Dietrich, Daniel R ^a   Von Aulock, Sonja ^j   Marquardt, Hans ^j   Blaauboer, Bas ^b   Dekant, Wolfgang ^j   Kehrer, James ^c   Hengstler, Jan ^d   Collier, Abby ^a   Gori, Gio Batta ^j   Pelkonen, Olavi ^e   Lang, Florian ^j   Nijkamp, Frans P ^f   Li, Albert ^g   Savolainen, Kai ^a   Hayes, A Wallace ^h   Gooderham, Nigel ⁱ   Harvey, Alan ^j  

^a Chemico Biological Interactions   (Germany)

^b Toxicology in Vitro   (Germany)

^c Toxicology Letters   (Germany)

^d Archives of Toxicology   (Denmark)

^e Regulatory Pharmacology and Toxicology   (Finland)

^f Frontiers in Predictive Toxicology   (United States)

^g European Journal of Pharmacology Kerstin Stemmer   (United States)

^h Human and Experimental Toxicology   (United States)

ⁱ Food and Chemical Toxicology   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

AUTHORITY; DETENTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NOTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCIENCE;

EID: 84883887638     PISSN: 1868596X     EISSN: 18688551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14573/altex.2013.3.381     Document Type: Note

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