Chemical Health Effects Assessment Methodology for Airborne Contaminants
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Risk Analysis
- Vol. 7 (3) , 389-402
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1987.tb00474.x
Abstract
Chemical Health Effects Assessment Methodology (CHEM) is a new procedure for assessing hazardous properties of airborne toxic contaminants. CHEM evaluates substances for four major health effect categories: carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, reproductive/developmental toxicity, and toxic effects other than the first three. Three elements are considered in the assessment: weight of evidence, potency, and severity of effect. This approach produces a profile of toxic properties of chemicals which preserves their unique multidimensional character and highlights data gaps.Keywords
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