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Record Nr.

UNISA996320249603316

Titolo

Skin sensitization in chemical risk assessment [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, c2008

ISBN

1-281-93779-7

9786611937799

92-4-068344-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Collana

Harmonization Project document ; ; no. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

LoverenHendrik van <1951->

Disciplina

616.994071

Soggetti

Chemicals - Physiological effect

Chemicals - Risk assessment

Skin tests

Toxicology

Health risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; SKIN SENSITIZATION IN CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT: REPORT OF A WHO/IPCS INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOCUSING ON DOSE-RESPONSE ASSESSMENT; APPENDIX A: ABSTRACTS

Sommario/riassunto

This Harmonization Project Document presents the conclusions of an IPCS Workshop on Skin Sensitization in Chemical Risk Assessment. The workshop focused on the question of methods for dose-response assessment, to evaluate the relative ability of a chemical to induce sensitization in the skin, and hence inform risk assessment for humans. In addition this publication includes a series of short articles on this topic by leading experts in the field. The conclusions of the workshop cover such aspects as the nature and utility for risk assessment of the data produced by non-animal test methods (suc