A Tiered Framework for Risk-Relevant Characterization and Ranking of Chemical Exposures: Applications to the National Children's Study (NCS)

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1299-1316

  Georgopoulos, Panos G ^a   Brinkerhoff, Christopher J ^a   Isukapalli, Sastry ^a   Dellarco, Michael ^b   Landrigan, Philip J ^c   Lioy, Paul J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Exposure Information System (EXIS); Modeling Environment for Total Risk studies (MENTOR); Prioritization and Ranking of Toxic Exposures with GIS Extension (PRoTEGE); Risk relevant exposure indices (EIs); Tiered Exposure Ranking (TiER) framework

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIRTH OUTCOMES; EXPOSURE INFORMATION SYSTEM (EXIS); MODELING ENVIRONMENTS; RISK-RELEVANT EXPOSURE INDICES (EIS); TIERED EXPOSURE RANKING (TIER) FRAMEWORK; TOXIC EXPOSURES;

SEARCH ENGINES;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

DANGEROUS GOODS;

CHILD; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905054873     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12165     Document Type: Article

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