Validation and regulatory acceptance of alternative test methods: Current situation in the European Union

Alternative Toxicological Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 31-42

  Fentem, Julia H ^a   Balls, Michael ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

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