Good laboratory practices are not synonymous with good scientific practices, accurate reporting, or valid data

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Vom Saal, Frederick S ^a   Myers, John Peterson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Environmental Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE DISEASE; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MOUSE; NOTE; ORGAN SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; PROSTATE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77149123297     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901495     Document Type: Letter

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