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Environmental health risk assessment: hexachlorobenzene.
The process of environmental health risk assessment may be described as a series of distinct stages, ranging from hazard identification and risk estimation to the selection and implementation of an appropriate risk management strategy. An important step in this process is the estimation of health risks at low levels of exposure. The toxicological and epidemiological data base on which such estimates are based are reviewed in the case of hexachlorobenzene (HCB), a persistent organochlorine pesticide, along with data on human exposure. This information is used to assess the potential human health risks attributable to HCB.
Authors
- Krewski, D, Krewski D,
- Colin, D, Colin D,
- Villeneuve, D, Villeneuve D,
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1986
SOURCE: IARC Sci Publ. 1986;(77):621-8.
JOURNAL TITLE ABBREVIATION: IARC Sci Publ
JOURNAL TITLE: IARC scientific publications
ISSN: 0300-5038 (Print) 0300-5038 (Linking)
ISSUE: 77
PAGES: 621-8
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: France
ABSTRACT:
The process of environmental health risk assessment may be described as a series of distinct stages, ranging from hazard identification and risk estimation to the selection and implementation of an appropriate risk management strategy. An important step in this process is the estimation of health risks at low levels of exposure. The toxicological and epidemiological data base on which such estimates are based are reviewed in the case of hexachlorobenzene (HCB), a persistent organochlorine pesticide, along with data on human exposure. This information is used to assess the potential human health risks attributable to HCB.
The process of environmental health risk assessment may be described as a series of distinct stages, ranging from hazard identification and risk estimation to the selection and implementation of an appropriate risk management strategy. An important step in this process is the estimation of health risks at low levels of exposure. The toxicological and epidemiological data base on which such estimates are based are reviewed in the case of hexachlorobenzene (HCB), a persistent organochlorine pesticide, along with data on human exposure. This information is used to assess the potential human health risks attributable to HCB.
LANGUAGE: eng
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 1986
DATE COMPLETED: 19870728
DATE REVISED: 20131121
MESH DATE: 1986/01/01 00:01
EDAT: 1986/01/01 00:00
STATUS: MEDLINE
PUBLICATION STATUS: ppublish
OWNER: NLM
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