Scientific considerations for evaluating cancer bioassays conducted by the ramazzini institute

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 1253-1263

  Gift, Jeffrey S ^a   Caldwell, Jane C ^a   Jinot, Jennifer ^a   Evans, Marina V ^b   Cote, Ila ^a   Vandenberg, John J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; DIISOPROPYL ETHER; DRINKING WATER; FORMALDEHYDE; MANCOZEB; METHANOL; TOLUENE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

BIOASSAY; CARCINOGENICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; LUNG LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID TUMOR;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOID; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84888424777     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1306661     Document Type: Review

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