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Limited Evidence

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015791

1. A term used in evaluating study data for the classification of a carcinogen by the 1986 U.S. EPA guidelines for carcinogen risk assessment. This classification indicates that a causal interpretation is credible but that alternative explanations such as chance, bias, and confounding variables could not be completely excluded.

2. Term used in evaluating study data for the classification of a carcinogen by the 1986 U.S. EPA guidelines for carcinogen risk assessment. This classification indicates that a causal interpretation is credible but that alternative explanations such as chance, bias, and confounding variables could not be completely excluded.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015791
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesIntegrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003; IRIS
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015791",
  "term": "Limited Evidence",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A term used in evaluating study data for the classification of a carcinogen by the 1986 U.S. EPA guidelines for carcinogen risk assessment. This classification indicates that a causal interpretation is credible but that alternative explanations such as chance, bias, and confounding variables could not be completely excluded.\n\n2. Term used in evaluating study data for the classification of a carcinogen by the 1986 U.S. EPA guidelines for carcinogen risk assessment. This classification indicates that a causal interpretation is credible but that alternative explanations such as chance, bias, and confounding variables could not be completely excluded.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary; EPA 2003",
    "IRIS"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/limited-evidence/"
}

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