Chemical Health Effects Assessment Methodology for airborne contaminants.
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.
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Environment Technology, and Society Program, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610.
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000379:methods; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D013723:Teratogens / Q000633:toxicity*
D000393:Air Pollutants; D002273:Carcinogens; D009153:Mutagens; D013723:Teratogens