Quality of epidemiological studies: Procedural rules for uncertain science for policy, a case study on bisphenol-A

This paper proposes a method for in-depth mapping of heterogeneity in expert judgment, in the evaluation of the quality of epidemiological studies used in regulatory chemical risk assessment. Whereas consensus in scientific advisory groups provides legitimation for subsequent political action, it can also have unintended effects on the quality of regulatory risk assessment. Based on empirical testing of our method, called Qualichem_epi, with ten...