The bovine corneal opacity and permeability test in routine ocular irritation testing and its improvement within the limits of OECD test guideline 437

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-53

  Schrage, Arnhild ^a   Kolle, Susanne N ^a   Rey Moreno, Maria C ^a   Norman, Kimberly ^b   Raabe, Hans ^b   Curren, Rodger ^b   Van Ravenzwaay, Bennard ^a   Landsiedel, Robert ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b Experimental Toxicology and Ecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative method; BCOP; Eye irritation; Opacitometer; Opacity; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOVINAE;

EID: 79953721684     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119291103900119     Document Type: Article

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