Bringing toxicology into the 21st century: A global call to action

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1576-1579

  Seidle, T ^a,b   Stephens, M L ^b  

^a Humane Society International   (Belgium)

^b Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Computational toxicology; High throughput; In vitro toxicology; Risk assessment; Systems biology; Toxicity pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COST CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; HUMAN GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 70350728952     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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