Longer rodent bioassay fails to address 2-year bioassay's flaws

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Manuppello, Joseph ^a   Willett, Catherine ^a  

^a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOASSAY; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENICITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CARCINOGEN TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; RODENT;

RODENTIA;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RODENTIA;

EID: 85047683981     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11964     Document Type: Letter

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