Assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency methods for identification of hazards to developing organisms, part I: The Reproduction and Fertility Testing Guidelines

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 543-553

  Claudio, Luz ^a,d   Bearer, Cynthia F ^b   Wallinga, David ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental toxicity testing; Pesticide regulation; Risk assessment; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HAZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 0032909795     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199906)35:6<543::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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