Reevaluation of the Munro dataset to derive more specific TTC thresholds

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 273-278

  Leeman, Winfried R ^a   Krul, Lisette ^a   Houben, Geert F ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health limit value; In silico; Reevaluation; Risk assessment; Threshold; Threshold of toxicological concern; TTC

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CRAMER CLASS III; DATA BASE; EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD OF TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERN; TOXICOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE;

CARBAMATES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84901012049     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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