Framework for application of the toxicity equivalence methodology for polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and biphenyls in ecological risk assessment.

Other author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Risk Assessment Forum.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Office of the Science Advisor, Risk Assessment Forum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [2008]
Descriptionxi, 80 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Definitions -- Evolution of the toxicity equivalence methodology -- Toxicity equivalence methodology -- AHR-mediated mechanism and assignment of relative potency -- Selection of the appropriate relative potency factors -- Toxicity equivalence concentration -- Application of the toxicity equivalence methodology in ecological risk assessment -- Considerations in planning -- Considerations in problem formulation -- Considerations in analysis -- Considerations in risk characterization -- Conclusions.
General noteShipping list no.: 2008-0452-P.
General note"EPA/100/R-08/004."
General note"June 2008."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formFramework for the application of the toxicity equivalence methodology... xi, 80 p.
Technical rpt numberEPA/100/R-08/004
GPO item number0431-I-01
Govt. docs number EP 1.2:T 66/21

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