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. 2015 Jun;34(6):1436-42.
doi: 10.1002/etc.2955. Epub 2015 Apr 24.

Stepwise Information-Filtering Tool (SIFT): A method for using risk assessment metadata in a nontraditional way

Amy Beasley  1 , Scott E Belanger  2 , Ryan R Otter  1
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Stepwise Information-Filtering Tool (SIFT): A method for using risk assessment metadata in a nontraditional way

Amy Beasley et al. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Tools exist to evaluate large ecotoxicity databases for risk assessment purposes, but these tools are less useful for alternative analytical purposes. In the present study, the authors developed the Stepwise Information-Filtering Tool (SIFT), a strategic method to select relevant, reliable data from a large ecotoxicity database; demonstrated utility in a case study of chronic toxicity data for statistical endpoint comparison purposes; and evaluated SIFT by comparison with 2 existing data evaluation methods.

Keywords: Data quality; Ecotoxicology; Hazard risk assessment; Klimisch method; REACH.

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