ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 27, Number 2
March/April 1999

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Seeking information on the Three Rs -- more than just a legal burden

NEWS AND VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS AND VIEWS

3RD WORLD CONGRESS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

ECVAM TASK FORCE REPORT

The integrated use of alternative methods in toxicological risk evaluation.
B.J. Blaauboer, M.D. Barratt & J.B. Houston

Accessing information on the reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experiments. Report and recommendations of a Focus on Alternatives workshop.
G. Langley, C. Broadhead, K. Bottrill, R. Combes, R. Ewbank, P. Hawkins, R. Hubrecht, M. Jennings, C. Newman, S. Rowe, J. Southee, M. Todd & L. Ward

The use of human keratinocytes in the EU/COLIPA international in vitro phototoxicity test validation study and the ECVAM/COLIPA study on UV filter chemicals.
R. Clothier, A. Willshaw, H. Cox, M. Garle, H. Bowler & R. Combes

Selection induction of interleukin-12 in reconstructed human epidermis by chemical allergens.
E. Corsini, E. Limiroli, M. Marinovich, C. Cohen, R. Roguet & C.L. Galli

Alternative methods for assessing biocompatability and function of implant materials.
M. Lewandowska-Szumiel

SHORT NOTE

Lack of effect of medium supplementation with pyruvate and hormones on cytochrome P450-mediated activity of rat hepatocytes in primary culture.
P. Wirachwong & J.R. Fry

AROUND THE WORLD

Implementation of the Three Rs targets in the EU, in science and in industry

CONFERENCE REPORTS

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEW

Animal alternatives, welfare and ethics

SELECTED TITLES