The ECVAM prevalidation study on the use of epiderm for skin corrosivity testing

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 371-401

  Liebsch, Manfred ^a   Traue, Dieter ^a   Barrabas, Christa ^a   Spielmann, Horst ^a   Uphill, Patricia ^b   Wilkins, Susan ^b   McPherson, Janet P ^b   Wiemann, Christiane ^c   Kaufmann, Tanja ^c   Remmele, Martina ^c   Holzhütter, Hermann Georg ^d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrosivity; EpiDerm; In vitro testing; Prevalidation; Skin corrosivity; Toxicity testing; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORROSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12944262338     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290002800309     Document Type: Article

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