The international toxicity equivalency factor (I-TEF) method of risk assessment for complex mixtures of dioxins and related compounds
| Autor: | Helmut Greim, Erich W. Bretthauer, Donald G. Barnes, David P. Bottimore, Frederick W. Kutz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Environmental Engineering business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine General Chemistry Pollution Environmental protection Environmental health Interim embryonic structures Toxicity Environmental Chemistry Risk communication business Risk assessment |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 20:751-757 |
| ISSN: | 0045-6535 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0045-6535(90)90178-v |
| Popis: | The International Toxicity Equivalency Factor (I-TEF) method of risk assessment is an updated interim procedure for estimating the risks associated with exposures to complex mixtures of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (CDDs and CDFs). The I-TEF approach facilitates risk communication internationally by reducing large volumes of analytical data into a single number-International Toxicity Equivalents (I-TEQ). The I-TEF method has been officially adopted in Canada, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States. As a result, the I-TEF method represents an improvement in an already useful risk assessment/regulatory tool. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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