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Biene
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Factors

I would like to understand your opinion about using factors such as 9 NOEL-to-ED50 or 4.1 rat-to-human to calculate ED50 data from NOAEL.

ED50 = (136 mg/kg/day * 9 NOEL-to-ED50 * 70 kg * 70 years * 365 days/year) /
               (4.1 rat-to-human * 1 chronic-to-chronic * 106 mg/kg)
           = 535.16 kg/person/lifetime

Do you have additional literature that shows how you have calculated them?

USEtox Team
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USEtox extrapolation factors

Extrapolation factors in USEtox for human health are all based on scientific literature. Please read Rosenbaum et al., 2008 (pp. 538-539), Rosenbaum et al., 2011 (pp. 721-723), and the official USEtox® User Manual (pp. 18 ff.) all referring to Huijbregts et al., 2005 for e.g. extrapolation from NOEL to ED50 or from rat to human exposure.