Innovations in testing strategies in reproductive toxicology

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 947, Issue , 2013, Pages 327-341

  Piersma, Aldert H ^a  

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

Author keywords

3 Rs; Alternative methods; Hazard assessment; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871866164     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-131-8_25     Document Type: Article

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