The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing.
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The Center strives to develop new non-whole-animal test methodologies based on understanding mechanisms of toxicity of chemicals, consumer products, and drugs for the evaluation of safety. The Center will strive for scientific excellence, and to provide superior methods which will replace existing strategies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Fundamental and applied toxicology : official journal of the Society of Toxicology
دوره 4 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984