MEIC Evaluation of Acute Systemic Toxicity: Part VI. The Prediction of Human Toxicity by Rodent LD50 Values and Results from 61 In Vitro Methods

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 26 SUPPL. 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 617-658

  Ekwall, Björn ^a   Barile, Frank A ^a   Castano, Argelia ^a   Clemedson, Cecilia ^a   Clothier, Richard H ^a   Dierickx, Paul ^a   Ekwall, Barbro ^a   Ferro, Margherita ^a   Fiskesjö, Geirid ^a   Garza Ocañas, Lourdes ^a   Gómez Lechón, Maria José ^a   Gülden, Michael ^a   Hall, Tony ^a   Isomaa, Boris ^a   Kahru, Anne ^a   Kerszman, Gustaw ^a   Kristen, Udo ^a   Kunimoto, Manabu ^a   Kärenlampi, Sirpa ^a   Lewan, Lillemor ^a   Loukianov, Anatoly ^a   Ohno, Tadao ^a   Persoone, Guido ^a   Romert, Lennart ^a   Sawyer, Thomas W ^a   Shrivastava, Ravi ^a   Segner, Helmut ^a   Stammati, Annalaura ^a   Tanaka, Noriho ^a   Valentino, Matteo ^a   Walum, Erik ^a   Zucco, Flavia ^a   more..

^a CTLU   (Sweden)

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