MEIC evaluation of acute systemic toxicity: Part I. Methodology of 68 in vitro toxicity assays used to test the first 30 reference chemicals

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 24 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 1996, Pages 251-272

  Clemedson, Cecilia ^a   McFarlane Abdulla, Elisabeth ^b   Andersson, Marianne ^c   Barile, Frank A ^d   Calleja, Mabel C ^e   Chesné, Christophe ^f   Clothier, Richard ^g   Cottin, Martine ^h   Curren, Rodger ⁱ   Daniel Szolgay, Erika ^a   Dierickx, Paul ^j   Ferro, Margherita ^k   Fiskesjö, Geirid ^l   Garza Ocañas, Lourdes ^l   Gómez Lechón, Maria José ^l   Gülden, Michael ^l   Isomaa, Boris ^l   Janus, Jeffrey ^l   Judge, Paula ^b   Kahru, Anne ^l   Kemp, Richard B ^l   Kerszman, Gustaw ^l   Kristen, Udo ^l   Kunimoto, Manabu ^l   Kärenlampi, Sirpa ^l   Lavrijsen, Karel ^l   Lewan, Lillemor ^c   Lilius, Henrik ^l   Ohno, Tadao ^l   Persoone, Guido ^e   Roguet, Roland ^h   Romert, Lennart ^l   Sawyer, Thomas W ^l   Seibert, Hasso ^l   Shrivastava, Ravi ^l   Stammati, Annalaura ^l   Tanaka, Noriho ^l   Torres Alanis, Oscar ^l   Voss, Jens Uwe ^l   Wakuri, Shinobu ^l   Walum, Erik ^l   Wang, Xinhai ^l   Zucco, Flavia ^l   Ekwall, Björn ^a   more..

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f BIOPREDIC   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

ⁱ Microbiological Associates Inc   (United States)

^j Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

^k Department of Experimental Medicine   (Italy)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

Basal cytotoxicity; Cultured cells; Cytotoxicity; Cytotoxicity endpoints; In vitro toxicity; MEIC; Primary cultures; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842560642     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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