Health risks from dioxin and related compounds : evaluation of the EPA reassessment /

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Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented a comprehensive review of the scientific literature in its 2003 draft reassessment of the risks of dioxin, the agency did not sufficiently quantify the uncertainties and variabilities associated with the risks, nor did it adequately justify...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on EPA's Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2006.
Temas:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency.
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Dioxins > Toxicology.
Dioxins > Carcinogenicity.
Dioxins > toxicity
Dioxins > analysis
Environmental Monitoring > methods
Neoplasms > chemically induced
Risk Assessment > methods
Dioxines > Toxicologie.
Dioxines > Cancérogénicité.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Dioxins > Toxicology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • General considerations of uncertainty and variability, selection of dose metric and dose-response modeling
  • Toxic equivalency factors
  • Exposure assessment
  • Cancer
  • Noncancer end points
  • Review of risk characterization
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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