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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824840803321

Titolo

Phthalates and cumulative risk assessment : the tasks ahead / / Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

0-309-17791-X

9786611973131

0-309-12842-0

1-281-97313-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

363.7384 22

Soggetti

Environmental risk assessment

Health risk assessment

Phthalate esters - Environmental aspects

Phthalate esters - Health aspects

Phthalate esters - Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phthalate Exposure Assessment in Humans -- 3 Toxicity Assessment -- 4 Current Practice in Risk Assessment and Cumulative Risk Assessment -- 5 Cumulative Risk Assessment of Phthalates and Related Chemicals -- 6 Data Gaps and Research Needs -- Appendix A: Statement of Task -- Appendix B: Biographic Information on the Committee on Health Risks of Phthalates -- Appendix C: Analysis of a Mixture of Five Phthalates: A Case Study -- Appendix D: Evaluating Multiple End Points Simultaneously in a Mixture of Three Antiandrogens: A Case Study.