(Q)SAR Analysis of Genotoxic and Nongenotoxic Carcinogens: A State - of - the - Art Overview

Cancer Risk Assessment: Chemical Carcinogenesis, Hazard Evaluation, and Risk Quantification

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 517-556

  Woo, Yin tak ^a   Lai, David Y ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

(Q)SAR analysis and modeling and (Q)SAR in cancer hazard risk assessment; (Q)SAR analysis of genotoxic and nongenotoxic carcinogens state of the art overview; Methods for informing cancer risk quantification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886000890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470622728.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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