Regulatory assessment of in vitro skin corrosion and irritation data within the European framework: Workshop recommendations

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-403

  Eskes, Chantra ^a   Detappe, Véronique ^b   Koëter, Herman ^c   Kreysa, Joachim ^d   Liebsch, Manfred ^e   Zuang, Valérie ^d   Amcoff, Patric ^f   Barroso, João ^d   Cotovio, José ^g   Guest, Robert ^h   Hermann, Martina ^g   Hoffmann, Sebastian ⁱ   Masson, Philippe ^j   Alépée, Nathalie ^h   Arce, Luis Alfonso ^g   Brüschweiler, Beat ^h   Catone, Tiziana ^h   Cihak, Rostislav ^k   Clouzeau, Jack ^l   D'Abrosca, Federica ^g   Delveaux, Cédric ^m   Derouette, Jean Paul ⁿ   Engelking, Oliver ^o   Facchini, Davide ^h   Fröhlicher, Mirjam ^m   Hofmann, Markus ^p   Hopf, Nancy ^h   Molinari, Jennifer ^h   Oberli, Aurelia ^b   Ott, Matthieu ^q   Peter, Ronald ^b   Sá Rocha, Vanessa M ^h   Schenk, Dominique ^b   Tomicic, Catherine ^b   Vanparys, Philippe ^r   Verdon, Bernadette ^h   Wallenhorst, Thomas ^h   Winkler, Gian Christian ⁱ   Depallens, Olivier ^b   more..

^a Services and Consultation on Alternative Methods (SeCAM)   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c Orange House Partnership (OHP)   (Belgium)

^d European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)   (Italy)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^f OECD   (France)

^g L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^h KGaA On behalf of AISE ^*

ⁱ HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

^j EVIC France   (Germany)

^k National Health Institute   (Italy)

^l CESIO/CEFIC   (Czech Republic)

^m CellSystems Biotechnology   (Italy)

ⁿ Cefic   (Belgium)

^o Epithelix   (Switzerland)

^p Huntsman Textile Effects   (Switzerland)

^q Huntsman Advanced Materials   (Switzerland)

^r FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

Data assessment; In vitro; Regulatory assessment; Skin corrosion; Skin irritation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DILUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CORROSION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN IRRITATION; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; CAUSTICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; IRRITANTS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857363000     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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