Threshold for classification as a skin sensitizer in the local lymph node assay: A statistical evaluation

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1167-1174

  Basketter, D A ^a   Lea, L J ^a   Cooper, K ^a   Stocks, J ^a   Dickens, A ^a   Pate, I ^b   Dearman, R J ^b   Kimber, I ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Local lymph node assay; Skin sensitization; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CONTACT ALLERGEN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; GUINEA PIG; HAZARD; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; IRRITANTS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; SKIN; TOXICITY TESTS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; MURINAE; SUS SCROFA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033395381     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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