The REACH concept and its impact on toxicological sciences

Toxicology

Volumn 220, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 232-239

  Hengstler, J G ^a   Foth, H ^b   Kahl, R ^c   Kramer, P J ^d   Lilienblum, W ^e   Schulz, T ^f   Schweinfurth, H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^e Consultant of Toxicology ^*  (Germany)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^g BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative methods; Genomics; In vitro techniques; Integrated testing strategies; Metabonomics; Proteomics; QSAR; Quantitative structure activity relationships; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEALTH PROGRAM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLOMICS; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GENOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33244470902     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2005.12.005     Document Type: Review

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