Will all chemicals be carcinogenic to rodents when adequately evaluated?

Mutagenesis

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 489-493

  Ashby, J ^a   Purchase, I F H ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

AMES TEST; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CARCINOGENICITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMAL; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0027332895     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/8.6.489     Document Type: Note

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