The MCRA model for probabilistic single-compound and cumulative risk assessment of pesticides

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 5-12

  van der Voet, Hilko ^a   de Boer, Waldo J ^a   Kruisselbrink, Johannes W ^a   Goedhart, Paul W ^a   van der Heijden, Gerie W A M ^a   Kennedy, Marc C ^b   Boon, Polly E ^c   van Klaveren, Jacob D ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural use; Combined exposure; DEEM model; EFSA Guidance; Model validation; Monte Carlo Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

FLUSILAZOLE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TRIADIMEFON;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INTERNET; POLLUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 84928605989     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.10.014     Document Type: Article

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