Experience with local lymph node assay performance standards using standard radioactivity and nonradioactive cell count measurements

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 590-596

  Basketter, David ^a   Kolle, Susanne N ^b   Schrage, Arnhild ^b   Honarvar, Naveed ^b   Gamer, Armin O ^b   van Ravenzwaay, Bennard ^b   Landsiedel, Robert ^b  

^a DABMEB CONSULTANCY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local lymph node assay; Lymph node cell counts; Non radioactive methods; Performance standards; Skin sensitisation

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; 2 MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; 2 PROPANOL; BENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID PHENYL ESTER; CHLOROBENZENE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; CITRAL; COBALT CHLORIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; EUGENOL; HEXYLCINNAMAL; IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA; ISOEUGENOL; LACTIC ACID; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NICKEL CHLORIDE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; LYMPH NODE CELL COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CHLOROBENZENES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; NICKEL; RADIOACTIVITY; SALICYLATES;

EID: 84862899102     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1684     Document Type: Article

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