
doi: 10.1007/bf01062190
pmid: 2023106
The present study evaluates the sensitivity of pharmacokinetic model output to variability in the biochemical and metabolic input parameters. Pharmacokinetic models of three chemicals are chosen for analysis: styrene, methylchloroform, and methylene chloride. Results show that model sensitivities are time-, dose-, and species-dependent and that the most sensitive parameters are the maximum Michaelis-Menten metabolism rate Vmax and the blood/air and fat/air partition coefficients. For humans, the muscle/air partition coefficient is also important. Model output is insensitive to the Michaelis-Menten parameter Km (except for low doses) and to other tissue/air partition coefficients.
Methylene Chloride, Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Physical, Statistics as Topic, Models, Biological, Rats, Styrenes, Species Specificity, Administration, Inhalation, Animals, Humans, Pharmacokinetics, Tissue Distribution, Trichloroethanes, Monte Carlo Method
Methylene Chloride, Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Physical, Statistics as Topic, Models, Biological, Rats, Styrenes, Species Specificity, Administration, Inhalation, Animals, Humans, Pharmacokinetics, Tissue Distribution, Trichloroethanes, Monte Carlo Method
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