How many high production chemicals are rodent carcinogens? Why should we care? What do we need to do about it?

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 543, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-215

  Johnson, F M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Carcinogens; Environmental Protection Agency; EPA; High production chemicals; HPV; National Toxicology Program; NTP; Rodent bioassay

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

BIOASSAY; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; RODENTIA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0038689043     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(02)00091-1     Document Type: Review

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