Profiling chemicals based on chronic toxicity results from the U.S. EPA ToxRef database

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-399

  Martin, Matthew T ^a   Judson, Richard S ^a   Reif, David M ^a   Kavlock, Robert J ^a   Dix, David J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic toxicity; Pesticides; Relational database; Toxicity profile

Indexed keywords

BENTAZON; CARBARIL; DACTHAL; DAMINOZIDE; DAZOMET; DIMETHOATE; DIURON; ENILCONAZOLE; FOLPET; IPRODIONE; ISOXABEN; ISOXAFLUTOLE; LACTOFEN; MALATHION; METALDEHYDE; NITRAPYRIN; OXADIAZON; PROPOXUR; PROPYZAMIDE; PYMETROZINE; RESMETHRIN; SPIRODICLOFEN; TEPRALOXYDIM; THIACLOPRID; TOPRAMEZONE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRIADIMEFON; TRIPHENYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA MINING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SPLEEN DISEASE; TARGET ORGAN; TESTIS DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 64049119418     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800074     Document Type: Article

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