Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA)
CASRN 307-24-4
Systematic Review Protocol for the Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA) IRIS Assessment (Preliminary Assessment Materials, 2019)
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Overview
Citation
U.S. EPA. Systematic Review Protocol for the Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA) IRIS Assessment (Preliminary Assessment Materials, 2019). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-19/050, 2019.
Background
This protocol includes strategies for literature searches, criteria for study inclusion or exclusion, considerations for evaluating study methods, information management for extracting data, approaches for synthesis within and across lines of evidence, and methods for derivation of toxicity values.
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History/Chronology
Date | Description |
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Nov 2019 | EPA released the Systematic Review Protocol for the PFAS IRIS Assessment (Preliminary Assessment Materials). [Federal Register Notice Nov 8, 2019] |
Status
The IRIS Program will use the methods for conducting the systematic review as described in the protocol to develop the draft assessment.
Download(s)
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- An Update to the Systematic Review Protocol for the Pfba, Pfhxa, Pfhxs, Pfna, and Pfda IRIS Assessments (Jan 2021) (PDF) (208 pp, 3 MB, about PDF)
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Related Link(s)
- An Update to the Systematic Review Protocol for the Pfba, Pfhxa, Pfhxs, Pfna, and Pfda IRIS Assessments (Oct 2020) (PDF) (203 pp, 3 MB, about PDF)
- Errata Sheet Pertaining to the July 2020 Update to the Systematic Review Protocol for the Pfba, Pfhxa, Pfhxs, Pfna, and Pfda IRIS Assessments (Sep 2020) (PDF) (1 pp, 108 KB, about PDF)
- An Update to the Systematic Review Protocol for the Pfba, Pfhxa, Pfhxs, Pfna, and Pfda IRIS Assessments (July 2020) (PDF) (203 pp, 3 MB, about PDF)
- Systematic Review Protocol for the Pfba, Pfhxa, Pfhxs, Pfna, and Pfda IRIS Assessments (Oct 2019) (PDF) (197 pp, 3 MB, about PDF)
- Systematic Review Protocol for the PFAS IRIS Assessments (2021)
Federal Register Notices
Docket
Comments on the assessment may be submitted and reviewed using the Docket ID EPA-HQ-ORD-2019-0275