A European perspective on alternatives to animal testing for environmental hazard identification and risk assessment

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 506-530

  Scholz, Stefan ^a   Sela, Erika ^b   Blaha, Ludek ^c   Braunbeck, Thomas ^d   Galay Burgos, Malyka ^e   García Franco, Mauricio ^b,am   Guinea, Joaquin ^b   Klüver, Nils ^a   Schirmer, Kristin ^f,g,h   Tanneberger, Katrin ^f   Tobor Kapłon, Marysia ⁱ   Witters, Hilda ^j   Belanger, Scott ^k   Benfenati, Emilio ^l   Creton, Stuart ^m,an   Cronin, Mark T D ⁿ   Eggen, Rik I L ^f,h   Embry, Michelle ^o   Ekman, Drew ^p   Gourmelon, Anne ^q   Halder, Marlies ^r   Hardy, Barry ^s   Hartung, Thomas ^t   Hubesch, Bruno ^u   Jungmann, Dirk ^v   Lampi, Mark A ^w   Lee, Lucy ^x   Léonard, Marc ^y   Küster, Eberhard ^a   Lillicrap, Adam ^z   Luckenbach, Till ^a   Murk, Albertinka J ^aa   Navas, José M ^ab   Peijnenburg, Willie ^ac,ad   Repetto, Guillermo ^ae   Salinas, Edward ^af   Schüürmann, Gerrit ^a,ag   Spielmann, Horst ^ah   Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^z   Walter Rohde, Susanne ^ai   Whale, Graham ^aj   Wheeler, James R ^ak   Winter, Matthew J ^al   more..

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Zf BioLabs   (Spain)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals   (Belgium)

^f SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ WIL Research Europe BV   (Netherlands)

^j FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^k PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^l MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^m National Centre for the Replacement   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^q OECD   (France)

^r JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^s Douglas Connect   (Switzerland)

^t JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^u Cefic   (Belgium)

^v DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^w EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^y Environmental Research Department   (France)

^z NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^aa WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ab INIA   (Spain)

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

^ad LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ae UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^af BASF SE   (Germany)

^ag TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^ah FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^ai UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^aj Shell Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^ak JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^al ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^am AQUACRIA CAC Albeniz   (Spain)

^an Environmental Protection Authority   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

3Rs; Acute toxicity; Bioconcentration; Cell lines; Chronic toxicity; Endocrine disruption; Exposure based waiving; Fish embryo test; QSAR; Read across

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

3RS; ACUTE TOXICITY; BIOCONCENTRATION; CELL LINES; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; EXPOSURE-BASED WAIVING; FISH EMBRYO TEST; QSAR; READ-ACROSS;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887816244     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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