A tiered approach to threshold of regulation

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-412

  Cheeseman, M A ^a   Machuga, E J ^a   Bailey, A B ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Food additives; Food packaging; Mutagenicity; Structural alerts; Structure activity relationships; Threshold of regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; GENOTOXICITY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DIET; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032768460     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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