A European model and case studies for aggregate exposure assessment of pesticides

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-44

  Kennedy, Marc C ^a   Glass, C Richard ^a   Bokkers, Bas ^b   Hart, Andy D M ^a   Hamey, Paul Y ^c   Kruisselbrink, Johannes W ^d   de Boer, Waldo J ^d   van der Voet, Hilko ^d   Garthwaite, David G ^a   van Klaveren, Jacob D ^b  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common assessment group; Consumer exposure; Occupational exposure; Probabilistic modelling

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937764050     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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