Examining the regulatory value of multi-route mammalian acute systemic toxicity studies

Altex

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Seidle, Troy ^a,b   Prieto, Pilar ^c   Bulgheroni, Anna ^c  

^a Humane Society International   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermal toxicity; Intelligent testing; Redundancy; Regulatory classification

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

ACUTE SYSTEMIC TOXICITY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INHALATION; LD 50; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SKIN TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; EUROPEAN UNION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MAMMALS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 80052882168     PISSN: 09467785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14573/altex.2011.2.095     Document Type: Article

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