Assessing and reporting uncertainties in dietary exposure analysis. Mapping of uncertainties in a tiered approach.

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-95

  Kettler, Susanne ^a   Kennedy, Marc ^b   McNamara, Cronan ^c   Oberdörfer, Regina ^d   O'Mahony, Cian ^c   Schnabel, Jürgen ^e   Smith, Benjamin ^e   Sprong, Corinne ^f   Faludi, Roland ^g   Tennant, David ^h  

^a Coca Cola Europe ^*  (Belgium)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c CREME GLOBAL   (Ireland)

^d BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^e Givaudan ^*  (Switzerland)

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

^g International Life Sciences Institute ILSI Europe   (Belgium)

^h Food Chemical Risk Analysis   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deterministic models; Dietary exposure assessments; Point estimates; Probabilistic models; Tiered approach; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DIETARY EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; UNCERTAINTY; ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84930944562     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.04.007     Document Type: Review

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