A comparison of three cytotoxicity endpoints in the corneal HCE-T model

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 293-302

  Clothier, Richard ^a   Orme, Alex ^a   Walker, Tracey L ^b   Ward, Sherry L ^b   Kruszewski, Francis H ^b   DiPasquale, Louis C ^b   Broadhead, Caren L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Gillette Company   (United States)

^c RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity assays; Human corneal epithelium; In vitro corneal model; Ocular irritancy

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; EYE IRRITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0034074462     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290002800202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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