Problem formulation for risk assessment of combined exposures to chemicals and other stressors in humans

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 835-844

  Solomon, Keith R ^a   Wilks, Martin F ^b   Bachman, Ammie ^c   Boobis, Alan ^d   Moretto, Angelo ^e   Pastoor, Timothy P ^f   Phillips, Richard ^c   Embry, Michelle R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^g ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk assessment; non chemical stressors; problem formulation; risk assessment; RISK21

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRESS; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84995750566     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2016.1211617     Document Type: Review

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