Alternative methods for skin sensitisation testing: The report and recommendations of ECVAM workshop 19

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 683-705

  De Silva, Odile ^a,m   Basketter, David A ^b   Barratt, Martin D ^b   Corsini, Emanuela ^c   Cronin, Mark T D ^d   Das, Pranab K ^e   Degwert, Joachim ^f   Enk, Alexander ^g   Garrigue, Jean Luc ^a   Hauser, Conrad ^h   Kimber, Ian ⁱ   Lepoittevin, Jean Pierre ^j   Peguet, Josette ^k   Ponec, Maria ^l  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Istituto di Scienze Farmacologiche   (Italy)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^k EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^l LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m NONE   (France)

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