Transforming environmental health protection

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5865, 2008, Pages 906-907

  Collins, Francis S ^a   Gray, George M ^b   Bucher, John R ^c  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TEST;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOXICOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PHARMACOKINETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

PESTICIDE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; LIVER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PESTICIDES; PHARMACOKINETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 39349118236     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154619     Document Type: Short Survey

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12. We thank R. Tice (NIEHS), R. Kavlock (EPA), and C. Austin (NCGC and NHGRI), without whose contributions this manuscript would not have been possible. This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research programs of the NHGRI, EPA, and NIEHS.