Assuring safety without animal testing: Unilever's ongoing research programme to deliver novel ways to assure consumer safety

Altex

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 62-65

  Westmoreland, Carl ^a   Carmichael, Paul ^a   Dent, Matt ^a   Fentem, Julia ^a   MacKay, Cameron ^a   Maxwell, Gavin ^a   Pease, Camilla ^a   Reynolds, Fiona ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colipa; EPAA; European Commission; NC3Rs; Risk assessment; Skin allergy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BIOMICS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ALLERGY; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT SAFETY; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952635364     PISSN: 09467785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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