Skin sensitization quantitative risk assessment: A review of underlying assumptions

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-116

  Basketter, David ^a   Safford, Bob ^b  

^a DABMEB CONSULTANCY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b B Safe Toxicology Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Quantitative risk assessment; Safety factors; Skin sensitization

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOCAINE; BRONOPOL; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRAL; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MALATHION; MONOBENZONE; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURAL; PENICILLIN G; PHENINDAMINE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; RUBBER; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACHLORSALAN; IRRITANT AGENT; PERFUME;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SOLVENT EFFECT; ANIMAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; PERFUME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84953349545     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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