A new method for determining acute toxicity in animal models

Toxicology International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-226

  Chinedu, Enegide ^a   Arome, David ^a   Ameh, Fidelis Solomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Lethal dosec50; New method

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; LD 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84890455697     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: 09765131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.121674     Document Type: Article

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