Integrated testing strategies for use in the EU REACH system

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-427

  Grindon, Christina ^a   Combes, Robert ^a   Cronin, Mark T D ^b   Roberts, David W ^b   Garrod, John F ^c  

^a RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal testing; Decision trees; Defra; In silico models; In vitro testing; Integrated testing strategies; REACH; Risk assessment; Three Rs

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; EYE IRRITATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748577206     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290603400402     Document Type: Review

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