Overall Time Frame
April 2000: 1st Plenary Meeting
June – December 2000: ITG meetings A—F (2-3 meetings per group)
January 2001: Joint meeting of pairs of ITGs
Meeting of core ITG G
June 2001: 2nd Plenary Meeting
August 2001: Submission for publication of 3 unified ITG reports
September 2001–March 2002: 3 ITG G meetings
October 2002 3rd Plenary Meeting
December 2002: Submission for publication of ITG G reports
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Individual Theme Groups
The project was addressed by “Individual Theme Groups” (ITGs) comprising generally 6 non-industry and 2 industry collaborators with specialised expertise in the theme areas of:
Hazard Identification:
- ITG A: Application and potential of in vitro toxicology
- ITG B: Animal-based methodology
Hazard Characterisation
- ITG C: Mathematical modelling
- ITG D: Biologically based methodology
Exposure Assessment
- ITG E: Assessment of intake from the diet
- ITG F: Epidemiological techniques relating exposure to outcome
Risk Characterisation
- ITG G: Characterisation and quantification of risk