Issues in using human variability distributions to estimate low-dose risk.

Background: The National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) recommended that low-dose risks be estimated in some situations using human variability distributions (HVDs). HVD modeling estimates log-normal distr...

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Published in:Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 118; no. 3; pp. 387 - 394
Main Authors: Crump KS, Chiu WA, Subramaniam RP
Format: equations & formulas tables/charts Journal Article
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Mar2010
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