How to improve skin notation. Position paper from a workshop

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Sartorelli, Pietro ^a   Ahlers, Heinz W ^b   Alanko, Kristiina ^c   Chen Peng, Chen ^b   Cherrie, John W ^d   Drexler, Hans ^e   Kezic, Sanja ^f   Johanson, Gunnar ^g   Larese Filon, Francesca ^h   Maina, Giovanni ⁱ   Montomoli, Loretta ^a   Nielsen, Jesper Bo ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Dermal risk assessment; Skin notation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN TOXICITY; WORKPLACE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 36048965171     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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