Twenty-first century approaches to toxicity testing, biomonitoring, and risk assessment: Perspectives from the global chemical industry

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 536-543

  Phillips, Richard D ^a   Bahadori, Tina ^b   Barry, Brenda E ^b   Bus, James S ^c   Gant, Timothy W ^d   Mostowy, Janet M ^e   Smith, Claudia ^f   Willuhn, Marc ^f   Zimmer, Ulrike ^g  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL   (United States)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Formerly Baver Material Science AG   (United States)

^f Cefic   (Belgium)

^g Berufsgenossenschaft der Chemischen Industrie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal testing alternatives; Biomonitoring; High throughput screening; Risk assessment; Tox21; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; HARNESS;

EID: 69249136288     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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