The Neutral Red Uptake Assay: Comments on the Results of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in the EC/HO Validation Study

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-68

  Stammati, Annalaura ^a   Zampaglioni, Franco ^a   Zanetti, Cristiana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative methods; Draize eye test; Eye irritancy; Neutral red uptake; Validation study

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041569202     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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