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Review Article

The use of mode of action information in risk assessment: Quantitative key events/dose-response framework for modeling the dose-response for key events

Ted W. SimonTed Simon LLC, Winston, GA, USA
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S. Stoney Simons Jr.Steroid Hormones Section, NIDDK/LERB, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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R. Julian PrestonU.S. EPA/National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Alan R. BoobisImperial College London, London, UK
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Samuel M. CohenUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Nancy G. DoerrerILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute, Washington, DC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Penelope A. Fenner-CrispConsultant, North Garden, VA, USA
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Tami S. McMullinDow Corning, Midland, MI, USA
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Charlene A. McQueenU.S. EPA/National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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J. Craig RowlandsThe Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology and Environmental Research & Consulting, Midland, MI, USA
& RISK21 Dose-Response Subteam show all
Pages 17-43 | Received 24 Jan 2014, Accepted 03 Jun 2014, Published online: 29 Jul 2014

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