The local lymph node assay: A viable alternative to currently accepted skin sensitization tests

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 985-997

  Basketter, D A ^a   Gerberick, G F ^b   Kimber, I ^c   Loveless, S E ^d  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; 4 CHLOROANILINE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; CONTACT ALLERGEN; NICKEL SULFATE; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EUROPEAN UNION; GUINEA PIG; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0030266185     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(96)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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