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Summary Report on the Evaluation of Short-term Tests for Carcinogens (Collaborative Study on In Vivo Tests) - Environmental Health Criteria 109
(1990)
The first part of this project, dealing with in vitro studies, was published in 1985 (Ashby et al., 1985) and was summarized in Environmental Health Criteria 47 (WHO, 1985). The second part, which is the subject of this ...
Principles for Evaluating Health Risks to Progeny Associated with Exposure to Chemicals during Pregnancy - Environmental Health Criteria 30
(1984)
This document is intended to aid in the design and assessment of studies concerned with exploring the association between exposure to chemicals during pregnancy and defective development. This document includes a description ...
Disinfectants and Disinfectant By-Products - Environmental Health Criteria 216
(2000)
Chlorine (Cl,) has been widely used throughout the world as a chemical disinfectant, serving as the principal barrier to microbial contaminants in drinking-water. The noteworthy biocidal attributes of chlorine have been ...
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs) Health and Safety Guide 68
(1992)
The PCBs are chlorinated hydrocarbons that are manufactured commercially by the progressive chlorination of biphenyl in the presence of a suitable catalyst (e.g., iron chloride). Depending on the reaction conditions, the ...
Methods to Assess DNA Damage and Repair: Interspecies Comparisons
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 1994)
This report evaluates current knowledge of the mechanisms of activation/detoxication of DNA damaging agents, organotropic and cell-structure effects, induction and repair of DNA damage, and the molecular and phenotypical ...
Evaluation of Short-Term Tests for Carcinogens: Report of the International Programme on Chemical Safety's Collaborative Study on in Vitro Assays - Progress in Mutation Research Volume 5
(1985)
The collaborative study on in vitro assays forms part of a large collaborative study on short-term tests for genotoxicity and carcinogenicity which is one of the most extensive international cooperative attempts to clarify ...