Tiered toxicity testing: Evaluation of toxicity-based decision triggers for human health hazard characterization

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2454-2469

  Becker, Richard A ^a   Plunkett, Laura M ^b   Borzelleca, Joseph F ^c   Kaplan, A Michael ^d  

^a AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL   (United States)

^b Integrative Biostrategies   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tiered toxicity testing; Toxicity triggers; VCCEP

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION STUDY;

BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35348966756     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.05.030     Document Type: Article

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