Wrangling Whole Mixtures Risk Assessment: Recent Advances in Determining Sufficient Similarity.
Curr Opin Toxicol
; 352023 Sep.
Article
de En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37790747
ABSTRACT
Human health risk assessments for complex mixtures can address real-world exposures and protect public health. While risk assessors typically prefer whole mixture approaches over component-based approaches, data from the precise exposure of interest are often unavailable and surrogate data from a sufficiently similar mixture(s) are required. This review describes recent advances in determining sufficient similarity of whole, complex mixtures spanning the comparison of chemical features, bioactivity profiles, and statistical evaluation to determine "thresholds of similarity". Case studies, including water disinfection byproducts, botanical ingredients, and wildfire emissions, are used to highlight tools and methods. Limitations to application of sufficient similarity in risk-based decision making are reviewed and recommendations presented for developing best practice guidelines.
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01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Type d'étude:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Risk_factors_studies
Langue:
En
Journal:
Curr Opin Toxicol
Année:
2023
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Article