Criteria for the evaluation of quality and validity of toxicological and ecotoxicologlcal studies for regulatory purposes;Kriterien zur bewertung der qualität und validität von toxikologischen und ökotoxikologischen studien für regulatorische fragestellungen

Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Länge, Reinhard ^a   Caspers, Norbert ^b   Ensenbach, Uwe ^c   Pallapies, Dirk ^d   Zok, Sabine ^d  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b Bayer Industry Services GmbH and Co OHG   (Germany)

^c CLARIANT PRODUKTE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicological studies; Plausibility; Quality criteria; Relevance; Reproducibility; Technical Guidance Document on Risk Assessment; Toxicological studies; Validity evaluation

Indexed keywords

DANGEROUS GOODS; DOCUMENTATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; VALIDITY;

EID: 33644891647     PISSN: 09343504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/uwsf2005.12.111     Document Type: Review

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