The 2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds

van den Berg, Martin; S. Birnbaum, Linda; S. Denison, Michael; De Vito, Mike; H. Farland, William; Feeley, Mark; Fiedler, Heidelore; Håkansson, Helen; Hanberg, Annika; C. Haws, Laurie; Rose, Martin; Safe, Stephen; Schrenk, Dieter; Tohyama, Chiharu; Tritscher, Angelika; Tuomisto, Jouko; Tysklind, Mats; J. Walker, Nigel; E. Peterson, Richard

doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfl055

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The 2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds

Published in Toxicological Sciences • Jul 7, 2006

Authors:

Martin van den Berg

Linda S. Birnbaum

Michael S. Denison

Abstract

In June 2005, a World Health Organization (WHO)-International Programme on Chemical Safety expert meeting was held in Geneva during which the toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for dioxin-like compounds, including some polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were reevaluated. For this reevaluation process, ...

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Toxic equivalency factor

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor

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