Open AccessImmunotoxicology in the pharmaceutical industry.
Author(s) -
Kenneth C. Norbury
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.824353
Subject(s) - immunotoxicology , competence (human resources) , immune system , multitude , medicine , immunology , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology
Development of an immunotoxicology program within the pharmaceutical industry is described. With few guidelines in the area and a multitude of factors to consider, a basic screen for evaluating immune competence in species routinely used in toxicologic studies has been proposed. The future of immunotoxicology depends upon the ability of the selected immune function tests to be predictive of human risk.
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