ECVAM News & Views

Anon. (1992). OECD Guideline for Testing of Chemioals, No. 404: Acute Dermal Irritation/Corrosion, July 1992 (updated version of original test guideline adopted in 1981), 6 pp. Paris, France: OECD.

Anon. (1983). Guide to the classification and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations. Criteria for the choice of chemicals indicating special risks (R phrases) and safety advice (S phrases). Official Journal of the European Communities L257, 13–20.

Botham P.A. , Chamberlain M. , Barratt M.D. , Curren R.D. , Esdaile D.J. , Gardiner J.R. , Gordon V.C. , Hildebrand B. , Lewis R.W. , Liebsch M. , Logemann P. , Osborne R. , Ponec M. , Régnier J.R. , Steiling W. , Walker A.P. , and Balls M. (1995). A prevalidation study on in vitro skin corrosivity testing. The report and recommendations of ECVAM workshop 6. ATLA 23, 219–255.

Anon. (1995). ECVAM News & Views. ATLA 23, 750–751.

Oliver G.J.A. , Pemberton M.A. , and Rhodes C. (1988). An in vitro model for identifying skin corrosive chemicals. I. Initial validation. Toxicology in Vitro 2, 7–17.

Botham P.A. , Hall T.J. , Dennett R. , McCall J.C. , Basketter D.A. , Whittle E. , Cheeseman M. , Esdaile D.J. , and Gardner J. (1992). The skin corrosivity test in vitro: results of an interlaboratory trial. Toxicology in Vitro 3, 191–194.

Gordon V.C. , Harvell J.D. , and Maibach H.I. (1994). Dermal corrosion, the CORROSITEX system: a DOT accepted method to predict corrosivity potential of test materials. Alternative Methods in Toxicology 10, 37–45.

De Wever B. , and Rheins L.A. (1994). Skin²: an in vitro human skin analogue. Alternative Methods in Toxicology 10, 121–131.