Use of the Syrian hamster embryo cell transformation assay for carcinogenicity prediction of chemicals currently being tested by the National Toxicology Program in rodent bioassays

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1996, Pages 1075-1084

  Kerckaert, Gary A ^a   Brauninger, Roger ^b   LeBoeuf, Robert A ^a   Isfort, Robert J ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b Department of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity prediction; Cell transformation; Rodent bioassay; SHE assay

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0029841726     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s51075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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