EDIT: A new international multicentre programme to develop and evaluate batteries of in vitro tests for acute and chronic systemic toxicity

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-349

  Ekwall, Björn ^a   Clemedson, Cecilia ^a   Ekwall, Barbro ^a   Ring, Patrik ^a   Romert, Lennart ^a  

^a CTLU   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Alternatives; Basal cytotoxicity; Cell morphology; Cell toxicity; Chronic toxicity; Evaluation; Human toxicity; Kinetics; Lethal concentration; Lethal dose; Test development; Toxicity testing; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0032978503     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119299902700305     Document Type: Article

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