To convert animal dose to human dose, the following formula may be applied: Human dose (m) = Animal dose mg (human weight\ animal weight) 2/3 d The following formula should be used to calculate the incremental risk (Pexcess) at a given dose: Pdose - Pcontrol Pexcess 1 - Pcontrol where Pcontrol is the risk at zero dose of the chemical. The average female mice weight is assumed 0.05kg. Dose in female mice % with liver cancer mg/d 0.00 2.6 0.08 4.9 0.15 9.6 0.20 11.7 0.30 16.4 0.38 20.1 0.45 22.6

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What is the slope factor for a human and plot the dose-response curve. 

What is the concentration in drinking water that will give a 10^-4 risk for human population assuming lifetime ingestion. 

To convert animal dose to human dose, the following formula may be applied:
Human dose (m) = Animal dose
mg (human weight\
animal weight)
2/3
d
The following formula should be used to calculate the incremental risk (Pexcess) at a given dose:
Pdose - Pcontrol
Pexcess
1 - Pcontrol
where Pcontrol is the risk at zero dose of the chemical.
The average female mice weight is assumed 0.05kg.
Transcribed Image Text:To convert animal dose to human dose, the following formula may be applied: Human dose (m) = Animal dose mg (human weight\ animal weight) 2/3 d The following formula should be used to calculate the incremental risk (Pexcess) at a given dose: Pdose - Pcontrol Pexcess 1 - Pcontrol where Pcontrol is the risk at zero dose of the chemical. The average female mice weight is assumed 0.05kg.
Dose in female mice % with liver cancer
mg/d
0.00
2.6
0.08
4.9
0.15
9.6
0.20
11.7
0.30
16.4
0.38
20.1
0.45
22.6
Transcribed Image Text:Dose in female mice % with liver cancer mg/d 0.00 2.6 0.08 4.9 0.15 9.6 0.20 11.7 0.30 16.4 0.38 20.1 0.45 22.6
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