Potency Grading in Carcinogen Classification

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 280-287

  Sanner, Tore ^a,f   Dybing, Erik ^b   Kroese, Dinant ^c   Roelfzema, Henk ^d   Hardeng, Solvår ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e Norwegian Poll Control Authority   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carcinogen classification; Harmonization; Potency

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 0031278644     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199711)20:3<280::AID-MC4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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