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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456170603321

Titolo

Standing operating procedures for developing acute exposure guideline levels for hazardous chemicals [[electronic resource] /] / Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels ...[et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington ; ; [England], : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

1-280-18464-7

9786610184644

0-309-57011-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

363.1763

Soggetti

Hazardous substances - Risk assessment - United States

Chemicals - Physiological effect

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""REVIEW OF THE NAC DOCUMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Roster  National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (NAC/AEGL Committee) for Hazardous Substances""; ""COMMITTEE MEMBERS""; ""Past Committee Members""; ""Participants from Cooperative Partner Countries""; ""Other Participants""; ""Oak Ridge National Laboratory Staff""; ""AEGL Program Senior Staff""; ""Appendix""; ""Preface""

""1. Overview of AEGL Program and NAC/AEGL Committee""""HISTORY""; ""PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AEGL PROGRAM AND THE NAC/AEGL COMMITTEE""; ""COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE""; ""SELECTION OF CHEMICALS FOR AEGL DEVELOPMENT""; ""SCIENTIFIC CREDIBILITY OF AEGL VALUES""; ""THE AEGL DEVELOPMENT AND PEER-REVIEW PROCESS""; ""Stage 1: Draft AEGLs""; ""Stage 2: Proposed AEGLs""; ""Stage 3: Interim AEGLs""; ""Stage 4: Final AEGLs""; ""OPERATION OF THE NAC/AEGL COMMITTEE""; ""VALUE OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN THE AEGL PROGRAM"";



""APPLICATIONS OF THE AEGL VALUES""

""2. Derivation of AEGL Values""""2.1 CHARACTERIZATION OF AEGLS""; ""2.2 EMPIRICAL TOXICOLOGIC ENDPOINTS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING EXPOSURE CONCENTRATIONS USED TO DERIVE AEGLS 1, 2, AND 3""; ""2.2.1 Selection of the Highest Exposure Level at Which the Effects That Define an AEGL Are Not Observed""; ""2.2.2 Selection of Health-Effect Endpoints for AEGL-1, AEGL-2, and AEGL-3""; ""2.2.2.1 AEGL-1 Endpoints""; ""2.2.2.1.1 No Value Established�AEGL-1 Is Close to or Exceeds AEGL-2""; ""2.2.2.1.2 No Value Established�Insufficient Data""

""2.2.2.1.3 Highest Experimental Exposure Without an AEGL-1 Effect""""2.2.2.1.4 Effect Level for a Response""; ""2.2.2.2 AEGL-2 Endpoints""; ""2.2.2.2.1 Highest Experimental Exposure Without an AEGL-2 Effect""; ""2.2.2.2.2 Effect Level for a Toxic Response That Was Not Incapacitating or Not Irreversible""; ""2.2.2.2.3 A Fraction of the AEGL-3 Value""; ""2.2.2.3 AEGL-3 Endpoints""; ""2.2.2.3.1 Highest Exposure Level That Does Not Cause Lethality�Experimentally Observed Threshold (AEGL-3 NOAEL)""

""2.2.2.3.2 Highest Exposure Level That Does Not Cause Lethality�Estimated Lethality Threshold�One-Third of the LC50""""2.2.2.3.3 Highest Exposure Level That Does Not Cause Lethality�Benchmark Exposure Calculation of the 5% and 1% Response""; ""2.2.2.3.4 Effect Level for a Response""; ""2.3 GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE SEARCH STRATEGY, EVALUATION, SELECTION, AND DOCUMENTATION OF KEY DATA AND SUPPORTING�""; ""2.3.1 Search Strategy""; ""2.3.2 Evaluation, Selection, and Documentation of Key and Supporting Data""; ""2.3.3 Elements for Discussion on Data Adequacy and Research Needs""

""2.4 DOSIMETRY CORRECTIONS FROM ANIMAL TO HUMAN EXPOSURES""