Structure-activity models of chemical carcinogens: State of the art, and new directions

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-126

  Benigni, Romualdo ^a   Bossa, Cecilia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Database; Mutagen; QSAR; Structure activity relationships

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; CARCINOGEN; LACTONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; QUINOLINE; TRIAZENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33749859175     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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