Developmental toxicity testing for safety assessment: New approaches and technologies

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 413-420

  Knudsen, Thomas B ^a   Kavlock, Robert J ^a   Daston, George P ^b   Stedman, Donald ^c   Hixon, Mary ^d   Kim, James H ^e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental issues; In vitro screens; Modeling; Molecular embryology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 80054691906     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20315     Document Type: Review

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