A 1-year toxicity study in dogs is no longer a scientifically justifiable core data requirement for the safety assessment of pesticides

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Kobel, Werner ^a   Fegert, Ivana ^b   Billington, Richard ^c   Lewis, Richard ^d   Bentley, Karin ^e   Bomann, Werner ^f   Botham, Phil ^d   Stahl, Bernhard ^f   Van Ravenzwaay, Bennard ^b   Spielmann, Horst ^g,h  

^a ToxAdvice GmbH   (Switzerland)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c Dow AgroSciences   (United Kingdom)

^d JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^f BAYER AG   (Germany)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dogs; Pesticides; Repeat dose toxicity studies; Study duration

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; BUTYLATE; DICHLOFLUANID; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; HEXAZINONE; IPRODIONE; PARATHION; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHAMIDON; PHOXIM; PROPINEB; TEBUCONAZOLE;

DATA BASE; DOG; LAW; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PESTICIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 73649133282     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408440903300098     Document Type: Review

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