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Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal Volume 1, 1995 - Issue 1
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The need for new methods to backcalculate soil cleanup targets in interval and probabilistic cancer risk assessments

David E. Burmaster Alceon Corporation, PO Box 382669, Harvard Square Station, Cambridge, MA, 02238–2669
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Kylie J. Lloyd Alceon Corporation, PO Box 382669, Harvard Square Station, Cambridge, MA, 02238–2669
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Kimberly M. Thompson Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115
Pages 89-100 | Published online: 02 Dec 2008

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