A toxicology for the 21st century - Mapping the road ahead

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Hartung, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549145511     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp059     Document Type: Article

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