Validating new toxicology tests for regulatory acceptance

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 32-37

  Zeiger, Errol ^a   Stokes, William S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031862685     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1997.1178     Document Type: Article

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