Relevance of bioaccumulating substances in the TTC concept

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-48

  Leeman, Winfried R ^a   Rouhani Rankouhi, Tanja ^a   Vogels, Jack ^a   Krul, Lisette ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Bioaccumulation; Risk assessment; Thresholds; TTC

Indexed keywords

BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; CUMENE; HEXYLRESORCINOL; LIMONENE; MENTHOL; MYRCENE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DECISION TREE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD OF TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL; BODY BURDEN; DOSE RESPONSE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD CHAIN; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHARMACOKINETICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHARMACOKINETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84961189008     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2016.02.014     Document Type: Article

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