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Pure Appl. Chem., 2010, Vol. 82, No. 2, pp. 383-391

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-CON-09-05-04

Published online 2010-01-25

An ignored risk factor in toxicology: The total imprecision of exposure assessment

Philippe Grandjean1,2* and Esben Budtz-Jørgensen3

1 Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
2 Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
3 Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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