ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 29, Number 5
September/October 2001

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Increased use of human cell lines: yet more skeletons in the cupboard?

NEWS AND VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS AND VIEWS

ARTICLES

The role of ECVAM in promoting the regulatory acceptance of alternative methods in the European Union.
A.P. Worth & M. Balls

Co-occurring words and retrieval efficiency: finding information about alternatives to animal testing in relation to skin irritation testing.
J. Huggins

Evaluation of the toxicity of substituted benzthioanilides by using in vitro tests.
H. Kowalska-Pylka, B. Majer-Dziedzic, A. Niewiadomy & J. Matysiak

The use of bootstrap resampling to assess the variability of Draize tissue scores.
A.P. Worth & M.T.D. Cronin

The neutral red release assay: a review.
V. Zhuang

In vitro assessment of cytotoxicity and carcinogenic potential of chemicals: evaluation of the cytotoxicity induced by 58 metal compounds in the Balb/3T3 cell line.
F. Mazzotti, E. Sabbioni, M. Ghiani, B. Cocco, R. Ceccatelli & S. Fortaner

CONFERENCE REPORT

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEW

Sacred cows and golden geese / New microbiotests for routine toxicity screening

SELECTED TITLES