Skeletal malformations and variations in developmental toxicity studies: Interpretation issues for human risk assessment

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-424

  Daston, George P ^a,c   Seed, Jennifer ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Miami Valley Innovation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Human health risk assessment; Skeletal development; Skeletal variations

Indexed keywords

BONE DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENE FUNCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOX GENE; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MICE; RABBITS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 37849017124     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20135     Document Type: Editorial

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