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A proposed framework for assessing risk from less-than-lifetime exposures to carcinogens

Susan P. FelterThe Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Rory B. ConollyUS Environmental Protection Agency National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Joel P. BercuEli Lilly and Company, Greenfield, Indiana, USA
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P. Michael BolgerUS Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Alan R. BoobisImperial College London, London, UK
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Peter M. J. BosNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Philip CarthewUnilever, Bedford, UK
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Nancy G. DoerrerILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute, Washington, DC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jay I. GoodmanMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Wafa A. HarroukUS Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Sliver Spring, Maryland, USA
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David J. KirklandKirkland Consulting, Tadcaster, UK
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Serrine S. LauUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, Arizon, USA
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G. Craig LlewellynKraft Foods, Glenview, Illinois, USA
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R. Julian PrestonUS Environmental Protection Agency National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Rita SchoenyUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC, USA
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A. Robert SchnatterExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc., Annandale, New Jersey, USA
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Angelika TritscherWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Frans van VelsenJohnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Mechelen, Belgium
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Gary M. WilliamsDepartment of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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Pages 507-544 | Received 29 Jun 2010, Accepted 13 Sep 2010, Published online: 18 May 2011

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