Assessing toxicological data quality: Basic principles, existing schemes and current limitations

SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 435-459

  Przybylak, K R ^a   Madden, J C ^a   Cronin, M T D ^a   Hewitt, M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

data quality; Good Laboratory Practice (GLP); integrated testing strategies (ITS); Klimisch scheme; REACH; reliability; ToxRTool

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BASIC PRINCIPLES; DATA QUALITY; DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; INTEGRATED TESTING STRATEGIES; INTEGRATED TESTING STRATEGY; KLIMISCH SCHEME; LABORATORY PRACTICES; REACH; TOXRTOOL;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 84864720065     PISSN: 1062936X     EISSN: 1029046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062936X.2012.664825     Document Type: Article

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