Framework for application of the toxicity equivalence methodology for polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and biphenyls in ecological risk assessment.
Contributors: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Risk Assessment Forum.
Publisher: Office of the Science Advisor, Risk Assessment Forum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Environmental risk assessment -- Mathematical models.; Dioxins -- Toxicology.; Furans -- Toxicology.; Polychlorinated biphenyls -- Toxicology.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 2008-0452-P.

"EPA/100/R-08/004."

"June 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Definitions; value: Evolution of the toxicity equivalence methodology; value: Toxicity equivalence methodology; value: AHR-mediated mechanism and assignment of relative potency; value: Selection of the appropriate relative potency factors; value: Toxicity equivalence concentration; value: Application of the toxicity equivalence methodology in ecological risk assessment; value: Considerations in planning; value: Considerations in problem formulation; value: Considerations in analysis; value: Considerations in risk characterization; value: Conclusions.