Proposed new classification scheme for chemical injury to the human eye

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-213

  Bagley, Daniel M ^a   Casterton, Phillip L ^b   Dressler, William E ^c   Edelhauser, Henry F ^d   Kruszewski, Francis H ^e   McCulley, James P ^f   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^g   Osborne, Rosemarie ^h   Rothenstein, Arthur ⁱ   Stitzel, Katherine A ^h   Thomas, Karluss ^j   Ward, Sherry L ^k  

^a Technology Center   (United States)

^b Alticor Inc   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Gillette Company   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^j International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^k Gillette Research Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alternatives to animals; Chemical eye injury; Draize alternative method; Draize test; Eye injury classification scheme; Ocular classification scheme

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC BURN; CHEMICAL INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INJURY; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION TREES; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33745466803     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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