Update: use of the benchmark dose approach in risk assessment

Abstract The Scientific Committee (SC) reconfirms that the benchmark dose (BMD) approach is a scientifically more advanced method compared to the NOAEL approach for deriving a Reference Point (RP). Most of the modifications made to the SC guidance of 2009 concern the section providing guidance on ho...

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Main Authors: EFSA Scientific Committee, Anthony Hardy, Diane Benford, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Michael John Jeger, Katrine Helle Knutsen, Simon More, Alicja Mortensen, Hanspeter Naegeli, Hubert Noteborn, Colin Ockleford, Antonia Ricci, Guido Rychen, Vittorio Silano, Roland Solecki, Dominique Turck, Marc Aerts, Laurent Bodin, Allen Davis, Lutz Edler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Salomon Sand, Wout Slob, Bernard Bottex, Jose Cortiñas Abrahantes, Daniele Court Marques, George Kass, Josef R. Schlatter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4658