Final Report from the External Peer Review of the IRIS Reassessment of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Naphthalene (2004)

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Abstract

In September 2004, EPA released this final report from the 2004 external peer review for the EPA IRIS Reassessment of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Naphthalene, prepared by the Office of Research and Development's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), for the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Database (See IRIS Toxicological Review of Naphthalene (2004, External Review Draft, Update) for additional information. The report contains a summary of findings made by a panel of external peer reviewers who met to discuss the IRIS report and their responses to the charge questions on July 30, 2004. This document includes the final written comments of the external peer reviewers.

Impact/Purpose

This document is the final report for the 2004 external peer review for the IRIS Reassessment of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Naphthalene, prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), for the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). A panel of external peer reviewers met to discuss their responses to the charge questions on July 30, 2004. This document contains the final written comments of the external peer reviewers.

Citation

U.S. EPA. Final Report from the External Peer Review of the IRIS Reassessment of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Naphthalene (2004). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2004.

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