Skin irritation: Prevalence, variability, and regulatory classification of existing in vivo data from industrial chemicals

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Hoffmann, Sebastian ^a   Cole, Thomas ^a   Hartung, Thomas ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; Animal welfare; Harmonisation; Prevalence; Regulatory toxicology; Skin irritation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH HAZARD; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 14644388149     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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