The mouse carcinogenicity study 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 35-49

  Billington, Richard ^a   Lewis, Richard W ^b   Mehta, Jyotigna M ^a   Dewhurst, Ian ^c  

^a Dow AgroSciences   (United Kingdom)

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

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal use (3rs); Carcinogenicity studies; Hazard classification; Mouse; Pesticides; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACEPHATE; ALDICARB; AMITROLE; ATRAZINE; BENOMYL; BROMOXYNIL; CAPTAN; CARBARIL; CARCINOGEN; DAMINOZIDE; DICHLORVOS; FENAMIPHOS; FENTHION; FIPRONIL; FOLPET; MECOPROP; PARAQUAT; PARATHION; PESTICIDE; PHENMEDIPHAM; PHOSALONE; PHOSMET; PIRIMICARB; PROPICONAZOLE; VINCLOZOLIN;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOGENICITY; DECISION MAKING; GENOTOXICITY; INFORMATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR; WELFARE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PESTICIDES; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 73649133977     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408440903367741     Document Type: Review

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