Navigating through the minefield of read-across tools: A review of in silico tools for grouping

Computational Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-18

  Patlewicz, Grace ^a   Helman, George ^a,b   Pradeep, Prachi ^a,b   Shah, Imran ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

(Q)SAR; Analogue approach; Category approach; Data gap filling; Nearest neighbours; Read across; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

(Q)SAR; ANALOG APPROACH; CATEGORY APPROACH; DATA GAP; DATA GAP FILLING; GAP FILLING; NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR; READ-ACROSS; TREND ANALYSIS; WORK-FLOWS;

AIR NAVIGATION;

ALGORITHM; ANALOGUE EVALUATION; ANALOGUE IDENTIFICATION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA GAP ANALYSIS; DATA GAP FILLING; DECISION CONTEXT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; READ ACROSS TOOL; REVIEW; SOFTWARE; TOOL USE; UNCERTAINTY; WORKFLOW;

EID: 85025104745     PISSN: 24681113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comtox.2017.05.003     Document Type: Review

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