title: U.S.-Japan joint meeting on the toxicological characterization of environmental chemicals of mutual interest.
abstract: The paper describes deliberations of a meeting between scientists from the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. The scientific approaches and experimental processes used by each organization in designing, conducting, and evaluating the short-term and long-term toxicity/carcinogenicity of environmental chemicals were evaluated.
authors: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Damstra
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kurokawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015197:Carcinogenicity Tests; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007391:International Cooperation; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced; D010380:Peer Review; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014116:Toxicology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances