(Q)SARs: Gatekeepers against risk on chemicals?

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-316

  Hulzebos, E M ^a   Posthumus, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Q)SAR; Chemical legislation; DEREK; ECOSAR; Ecotoxicity; Human health

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; HEALTH RISKS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

(Q)SAR; ANIMAL TESTING; CHEMICAL CLASS; CHEMICAL LEGISLATION; DEREK; ECOSAR; ECOTOXICITY; HUMAN HEALTH; REGRESSION LINES; RISKS ASSESSMENTS;

FORECASTING;

ANIMALIA;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUTAGEN TESTING; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0141462446     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936032000101510     Document Type: Article

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