Mutagenicity screening: General principles and minimal criteria. Report of a committee of the European Environmental Mutagen Society

Abstract

A statement of general principles and minimal criteria for the screening of chemicals for potential mutagenicity in man that may be used as guidelines for regulatory agencies and industrial organisations. To make clear the potentialities and current limitations of short-term mutagenicity testing for the prediction of genetic and carcinogenic risks in man. Chemicals/CAS: Mutagen