Zebrafish-As an integrative model for twenty-first century toxicity testing

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-267

  Sipes, Nisha S ^a   Padilla, Stephanie ^a,b   Knudsen, Thomas B ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; ToxCast; ToxRefDB; Zebrafish embryo

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE MALFORMATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052979061     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20214     Document Type: Review

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