Application of mass balance models and the chemical activity concept to facilitate the use of in vitro toxicity data for risk assessment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9770-9779

  Armitage, James M ^a   Wania, Frank ^a   Arnot, Jon A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ARC Arnot Research and Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL EVALUATION; ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREELY DISSOLVED CONCENTRATION; MASS BALANCE MODEL; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL DATABASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); IN VITRO STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84906257066     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501955g     Document Type: Article

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