EU alerting and reporting systems for potential chemical public health threats and hazards

Environment International

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-25

  Orford, R ^a   Crabbe, H ^a   Hague, C ^a   Schaper, A ^b   Duarte Davidson, R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b GIZ Nord Poisons Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alerting; Chemicals; EWRS; Hazards; RASCHEM; Reporting

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICALS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ALERTING; COMPETENT AUTHORITIES; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EWRS; INFORMATION SHARING; INTERNATIONAL HEALTHS; RASCHEM; REPORTING;

HEALTH RISKS;

ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; LEGISLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; EARLY WARNING RESPONSE SYSTEM; EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATION; MAJOR ACCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL; RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR FOOD AND FEED; RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR NON FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ALERTING; CHEMICALS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EUROPEAN UNION; EWRS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RASCHEM; REPORTING; STANDARD;

EUROPE;

ALERTING; CHEMICALS; EWRS; HAZARDS; RASCHEM; REPORTING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84907677722     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.05.006     Document Type: Review

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