Evaluation of existing (Q)SAR models for skin and eye irritation and corrosion to use for REACH registration

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 265, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-52

  Verheyen, Geert R ^a   Braeken, Els ^a   Van Deun, Koen ^a   Van Miert, Sabine ^a  

^a Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Corrosion; Irritation; Modelling; Performance indicator; QSAR

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; DANGEROUS GOODS; IRRITANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORROSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EYE IRRITATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN IRRITATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECTS; EUROPE; EYE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; EUROPE; EYE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; IRRITANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SKIN; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84996866126     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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