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Principles for the Assessment of Risks to Human Health from Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 210
(1999)
This monograph is an amalgamation of two draft documents "Principles for the Assessment of Risk from Exposure to Chemicals" and "General Principles and Methods for Chemical Safety (Human Health Protection)". Both documents ...
Principles and Methods for Assessing Allergic Hypersensitization Associated with Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 212
(1999)
The role of the immune system may be succinctly stated as the "preservation of integrity". This system is responsible for identifying
what is "self" and what is "non-self". The great complexity of the mammalian system is ...
Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment for Human Health: Principles and Approaches - Environmental Health Criteria 223
(2001)
Chemicals have become an indispensable part of human life, sustaining activities and development, preventing and controlling many
diseases, and increasing agricultural productivity. Despite their benefits, chemicals may, ...
Principles and Methods for Assessing Direct Immunotoxicity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 180
(1996)
In this monograph, the function and histophysiology of the immune system are reviewed, and the information necessary to understand and interpret the pathological changes caused by immunotoxic insults is provided. Emphasis ...
Selected Non-Heterocyclic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - Environmental Health Criteria 202
(1998)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) constitute a large class of compounds, and hundreds of individual substances may be released during incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of organic matter, an important source of human ...
Principles and Methods for the Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Food - Environmental Health Criteria 240
(2009)
The purpose of this monograph is 2-fold: 1) to provide descriptive guidance for JECFA and JMPR to ensure the continuation of transparent and sound expert evaluations of scientific data for risk assessments of chemicals in ...
Extremely Low Frequency Fields - Environmental Health Criteria 238
(2007)
This Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) monograph addresses the possible health effects of exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields. It reviews the physical characteristics or ELF fields as ...
IPCS Mode of Action Framework Part 1: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Cancer Mode of Action for Humans and Case Studies. Part 2: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Non-Cancer Mode of Action for Humans
(2007)
The IPCS Harmonization Project goal is to improve chemical risk assessment globally, through the pursuit of common principles and approaches, and, hence, strengthen national and international management practices that ...
Guidance for Identifying Populations at Risk from Mercury Exposure
(2008)
This “Guidance for Identifying Populations at Risk from Mercury Exposure” is intended to inform countries concerned about the potential health impacts of mercury pollution and, if necessary, to assist in identifying specific ...