Investigating Alternatives to the fish early-life stage test: A strategy for discovering and annotating adverse outcome pathways for early fish development

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 158-169

  Villeneuve, Daniel ^a   Volz, David C ^b   Embry, Michelle R ^c   Ankley, Gerald T ^a   Belanger, Scott E ^d   Léonard, Marc ^e   Schirmer, Kristin ^f,g,h   Tanguay, Robert ⁱ   Truong, Lisa ⁱ   Wehmas, Leah ⁱ  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^e L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

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

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcome pathways; Animal alternative; Aquatic toxicology; Fish early life stage toxicity; Mode of action; Risk assessment; Swim bladder

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOMES; AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY; CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MODE OF ACTION; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SWIM BLADDERS;

ANIMALS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TESTING; TOXICITY;

FISH;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; LIFE CYCLE; OECD; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FISH EARLY LIFE STAGE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

ADVERSE OUTCOME PATHWAYS; ANIMAL ALTERNATIVE; AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY; FISH EARLY-LIFE STAGE TOXICITY; MODE OF ACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIM BLADDER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FISHES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 84890795332     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2403     Document Type: Article

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