Comparison of human skin irritation patch test data with in vitro skin irritation assays and animal data

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Jírová, Dagmar ^a   Basketter, David ^b   Liebsch, Manfred ^c   Bendová, Hana ^a   Kejlová, Kristina ^a   Marriott, Marie ^d   Kandárová, Helena ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b DABMEB CONSULTANCY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e MATTEK CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

4 hr human patch test; Rabbit test; Reconstructed human epidermis model; Skin irritation

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; SKIN IRRITATION;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COSMETICS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RABBITS; SKIN; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS;

EID: 76149137205     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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