A regulatory approach to assess the potency of substances toxic to the reproduction

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-105

  Muller, Andre ^a   Blaude, Marie Noëlle ^b   Ihlemann, Christina ^c   Bjorge, Christine ^d   Ohlsson, Agneta ^e   Gebel, Tom ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c The Danish Environmental Protection Agency EPA   (Denmark)

^d Climate and Pollution Agency   (Norway)

^e Swedish Chemicals Agency   (Sweden)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Potency; Reproduction; Specific concentration limits; Substances

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ED10 CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LOW OBSERVED ADVERSE EFFECT LEVEL CLASSIFICATION; MALE; NO OBSERVED ADVERSE EFFECT LEVEL CLASSIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAPLORHINI; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RABBITS; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENS;

EID: 84859173676     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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