Toxicity Assessment

• Non-carcinogens

  • Reference Dose (RfD) (mg/kg-day) (oral, dermal)
  • Reference Concentration (RfC) (mg/m3) (inhalation)

• Carcinogens

  • cancer slope factor (mg/kg-day)-1 (oral, dermal) (also called cancer potency factor)
  • unit risk (mg/m3)-1 (inhalation, oral)

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