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Lois Swirsky Gold
Researcher at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
Publications - 2
Citations - 1601
Lois Swirsky Gold is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 1413 citations.
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USEtox—the UNEP-SETAC toxicity model: recommended characterisation factors for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity in life cycle impact assessment
Ralph K. Rosenbaum,Till M. Bachmann,Lois Swirsky Gold,Mark A. J. Huijbregts,Olivier Jolliet,Ronnie Juraske,Ronnie Juraske,Annette Koehler,Henrik Fred Larsen,Matthew MacLeod,Manuele Margni,Thomas E. McKone,Jérôme Payet,Marta Schuhmacher,Dik van de Meent,Michael Zwicky Hauschild +15 more
TL;DR: Usetox as discussed by the authors is a scientific consensus model that contains only the most influential model elements and is used to calculate CFs for several thousand substances and forms the basis of the recommendations from UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative regarding characterisation of toxic impacts in life cycle assessment.
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USEtox fate and ecotoxicity factors for comparative assessment of toxic emissions in life cycle analysis: sensitivity to key chemical properties
Ralph K. Rosenbaum,Mark A. J. Huijbregts,Andrew D. Henderson,Manuele Margni,Thomas E. McKone,Dik van de Meent,Michael Zwicky Hauschild,Shanna Shaked,Ding Sheng Li,Lois Swirsky Gold,Olivier Jolliet +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide science-based consensus and guidance for health effects modelling in comparative assessments based on human exposure and toxicity, which is achieved by describing the USEtox™ exposure/toxicity models representing consensus and recommended modelling practice.