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Authors/Editors: G.B. Louis, T. Damstra, F. Díaz-Barriga, E. Faustman, U. Hass, R. Kavlock, C. Kimmel, G. Kimmel, K. Krishnan, U. Luderer, L. Sheldon
- Topic(s) of work:
- Pesticides, Toxins, Data and Methods, Children, Impact Assessment
Abstract
The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) was initiated in 1980 as a collaborative programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). One of the major objectives of IPCS is to improve scientific methodologies for assessing the effects of chemicals on human health and the environment. As part of this effort, IPCS publishes a series of monographs, called Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) documents, that evaluate the scientific principles underlying methodologies and strategies to assess risks from exposure to chemicals.
Other Information:
This is a World Health Organization (WHO) Report, Environmental Health Criteria #237.
Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound
Management of Chemicals.
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Institutional affiliations
- United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). Nairobi KE
- International Labour Organization - ILO. Geneva 22 CH
- World Health Organization (WHO). New York, , NY, US