Assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency methods for identification of hazards to developing organisms, part II: The Developmental Toxicity Testing Guideline

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 554-563

  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

Chemical safety; Developmental toxicity; Environmental health policy; Environmental pollutants; Environmental protection agency; Environmental regulation; Industrial chemicals; Pesticides; Prenatal development; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FETUS DISEASE; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032934224     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199906)35:6<554::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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