Innovative non-animal testing strategies for reproductive toxicology: The contribution of Italian partners within the EU project ReProTect

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-444

  Lorenzetti, Stefano ^a   Altieri, Ilaria ^a   Arabi, Sabina ^b   Balduzzi, Donatella ^b   Bechi, Nicoletta ^c   Cordelli, Eugenia ^d   Galli, Cesare ^e   Ietta, Francesca ^c   Modina, Silvia C ^f   Narciso, Laura ^a   Pacchierotti, Francesca ^d   Villani, Paola ^d   Galli, Andrea ^b   Lazzari, Giovanna ^e   Luciano, Alberto Maria ^f   Paulesu, Luana ^c   Spanò, Marcello ^d   Mantovani, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^e Laboratorio di Tecnologie della Riproduzione   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative methods; Male and female germ cells; Placenta; Prostate; REACH

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGEN TESTING; OOCYTE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; TOXICOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; OOCYTES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPERMATOZOA; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84555208325     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_11_04_16     Document Type: Article

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