Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article by Paganelli et al.

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-608

  Saltmiras, David ^a   Bus, James S ^b   Spanogle, Terri ^c   Hauswirth, Judith ^d   Tobia, Abraham ^e   Hill, Simon ^f  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c Cheminova ^*  (United States)

^d United Phosphorus Inc   (United States)

^e Nufarm Americas Inc   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; RETINOIC ACID;

ARGENTINA; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERATOGENESIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; TERATOGENS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 79956151004     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx100452k     Document Type: Letter

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