Local irritation/corrosion testing strategies: Development of a decision support system for the introduction of alternative methods

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Zinke, Stephan ^a   Gerner, Ingrid ^a   Graetschel, Gabriele ^a   Schlede, Eva ^a  

^a Fed Inst Hlth Protect Consumers   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support system (DSS); Eye irritation corrosion; Skin irritation corrosion; Structure activity relationships; Testing strategies

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EYE IRRITATION; LAW; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN IRRITATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033974388     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290002800108     Document Type: Article

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