Use of QSARs in international decision-making frameworks to predict health effects of chemical substances

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1391-1401

  Cronin, Mark T D ^a   Jaworska, Joanna S ^b   Walker, John D ^c   Comber, Michael H I ^d   Watts, Christopher D ^e   Worth, Andrew P ^f  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^e WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical substances; Human health effects; Prediction; QSAR; Regulatory agencies; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; CARCINOGENICITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPERT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTAGENICITY; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0003302467     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5760     Document Type: Review

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