The current status of food additives toxicity testing and the potential for application of the three Rs

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 471-485

  Broadhead, C L ^a   Combes, R D ^a  

^a RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034850487     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290102900403     Document Type: Note

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