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RIVM (2000) Health risk assessment for organotins in textiles. Bilthoven, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, January (RIVM Report No. 613350 002). 

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Versantvoort, C.H.M., van de Kamp, E., Rompelberg, C.J.M. (2004). Development of an in vitro digestion model to determine the bioaccessibility of contaminants from food. Report no. 320102002, Available from , National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. 

Posthuma L, De Zwart D, Wintersen A, Lijzen J, Swartjes F, Cuypers C, van Noort P, Harm-sen J, Groenenberg BJ. 2006. Beslissen over Bagger op Bodem. Deel 1. Systeembena-dering, Model en Praktijkvoorbeelden. No. 711701044. Bilthoven (The Netherlands) National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 110 p. http //www.rivm. nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/711701044.html (accessed December 28, 2007). 

Verbruggen EMJ, Rita JP, Traas TP, Posthuma-Doodeman CJAM, Posthumus R. 2005. Environmental risk limits for several phosphate esters, with possible application as flame retardants. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Bilthoven (NL) RIVM Report 601501024. 118 p. 

De Zwart D, Rutgers M, Notenboom J. 1998. Assessment of site-specific ecological risks of soil contamination a design of an assessment methodology. Report nr 711701011. Bilthoven (NL) National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). 

Although the Aztec Indians of Mexico and Central America invented cocoa, which was reserved for royalty, when one thinks of cocoa, Holland comes to mind. That s where much of the world s finest cocoa comes from, and cafes and restaurants in the Netherlands offer hot cocoa as a matter of course. So it s fitting that a fascinating investigation done by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in that country followed 470 Dutch men over a fifteen-year period. The volunteers were between the ages of sixty-five and eighty-four and were medically examined and interviewed about their diets every five years. 

Uncertainty factors (UFs) Guidelines from Health Canada, the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Health Canada IPCS RIVM ATSDR EPA... 

Extrapolation to a practical threshold or subthreshold dose, such as the determination of a reference dose [RfD, e.g., EPA s perchlorate (ERA 2009b)] or tolerable daily intake [TDl, e.g.. The Netherlands s National Institute for Public Health and the Environment or RIVM s trichloroethylene (RIVM 2009)], or development of health-based occupational exposure limits by many gronps [e.g., American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH 2006)]. 

Posch, M. and Hettelingh, J-P. (2001). From critical loads to dynamic modelling. In Modelling and Mapping of Critical Thresholds in Europe, CCE Status Report 2001, Posch, M., de Smet, P.A.M., Hettelingh, J.-P. and Downing, R.J. (Eds.), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Bilthoven, The Netherlands. 

Stalker AAM, Cnrrent trends and developments in sample preparation, in Van Ginkel L, Ruiter A, eds., Proc. EuroResidue IV, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, BUthoven, The Netherlands, 2000, pp. 148-158. 

Centre for Substances and Integrated Risk Assessment, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Paris, France Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA Emeritus Professor of Food Science, School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom... 

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