GB toxicity reassessed using newer techniques for estimation of human toxicity from animal inhalation toxicity data: New method for estimating acute human toxicity (GB)

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 393-409

  Bide, R W ^a   Armour, S J ^a   Yee, E ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animals; GB; Humans; Nerve agents; New methods; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

NERVE GAS; SARIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; INHALATION; METHODOLOGY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOGS; DROSOPHILA; GUINEA PIGS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RABBITS; RATS; SARIN; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 25144434986     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1074     Document Type: Article

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