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: Ecological risk assessment -- Models.; Dioxins -- Toxicology.; Furans -- Toxicology.; Polychlorinated biphenyls -- Toxicology.
Notes: Prepared under the auspices of EPA's Risk Assessment Forum.

"EPA/100/R-08/004"

"June 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-76).

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