The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM): A review of the ICCVAM test method evaluation process and current international collaborations with the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages 23-32

  Stokes, William S ^a   Schechtman, Leonard M ^b   Hill, Richard N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative method; Animal welfare; ECVAM; ICCVAM; NICEATM; Regulatory acceptance; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IN VITRO STUDY; LAW; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036972512     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290203002s04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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