Toxicity testing : strategies to determine needs and priorities /

Prepared at the request of the National Toxicology Program, this landmark report reveals that many chemicals used in pesticides, cosmetics, drugs, food, and commerce have not been sufficiently tested to allow a complete determination of their potential hazards. Given the vast number of chemical subs...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Committee on Identification of Toxic and Potentially Toxic Chemicals for Consideration by the National Toxicology Program
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1984.
Temas:
National Toxicology Program (U.S.)
Toxicity testing.
Toxicity testing > United States.
Toxicology > methods
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
Toxicity testing
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Toxicity-testing needs in the select universe
  • Sample selection
  • Operating policies for identification, acquisition, and organization of data
  • Data evaluation
  • Results
  • Setting priorities for toxicity testing
  • Design of the priority system
  • Briefly following a chemical through an illustrative system
  • Detail description of the operation of an illustrative system
  • Future development, implementation, and refinement of the system
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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