The acceptance of in silico models for REACH: Requirements, barriers, and perspectives

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Benfenati, Emilio ^a   Diaza, Rodolfo G ^a   Cassano, Antonio ^a   Pardoe, Simon ^b   Gini, Giuseppina ^c   Mays, Claire ^d   Knauf, Ralf ^e   Benighaus, Ludger ^f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b PublicSpace Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d Institut Symlog   (France)

^e Centro Reach   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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EID: 80053480992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-5-58     Document Type: Note

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