A review of interspecies toxicity extrapolation in birds and mammals and a proposal for long-term toxicity data

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 817-832

  Luttik, R ^a   Mineau, P ^b   Roelofs, W ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Extrapolation; Mammals; SSD; Toxicity data

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AVIFAUNA; MAMMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MAMMALS; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; UNCERTAINTY;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 30544450853     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0030-8     Document Type: Review

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