Possibilities for a new approach to chemicals risk assessment - The report of a FRAME workshop

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 621-649

  Combes, Robert D ^a   Balls, Michael ^a   Illing, Paul ^b   Bhogal, Nirmala ^a   Dale, Jonathan ^c   Duvé, Gerard ^a   Feron, Victor ^d   Grindon, Christina ^a   Gülden, Michael ^e   Loizou, George ^f   Priston, Robert ^g   Westmoreland, Carl ^h  

^a RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Safepharm Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

^h UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; CARBENDAZIM; METHYLMERCURY;

ANEUPLOIDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 33846928060     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290603400606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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