Improving opportunities for regulatory acceptance of QSARs: The importance of model domain, uncertainty, validity and predictability

QSAR and Combinatorial Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 346-350

  Walker, John D ^a   Carlsen, Lars ^b,d   Jaworska, Joanna ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d Awareness Center Roskilde   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Domain; Predictability; QSARs; Regulatory Acceptance; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN; MODEL DOMAINS; PREDICTABILITY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; REGULATORY ACCEPTANCE; UNCERTAINTY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY; LAW; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037838701     PISSN: 1611020X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qsar.200390024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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