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Testing and refining the Science in Risk Assessment and Policy (SciRAP) web‐based platform for evaluating the reliability and relevance of in vivo toxicity studies
Author(s) -
Beronius Anna,
Molander Linda,
Zilliacus Johanna,
Rudén Christina,
Hanberg Annika
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of applied toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1099-1263
pISSN - 0260-437X
DOI - 10.1002/jat.3648
Subject(s) - computer science , relevance (law) , risk assessment , coding (social sciences) , reliability (semiconductor) , transparency (behavior) , web of science , reliability block diagram , risk analysis (engineering) , reliability engineering , engineering , medicine , medline , chemistry , computer security , power (physics) , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , political science , law , fault tree analysis , biochemistry
The Science in Risk Assessment and Policy (SciRAP) web‐based platform was developed to promote and facilitate structure and transparency in the evaluation of ecotoxicity and toxicity studies for hazard and risk assessment of chemicals. The platform includes sets of criteria and a colour‐coding tool for evaluating the reliability and relevance of individual studies. The SciRAP method for evaluating in vivo toxicity studies was first published in 2014 and the aim of the work presented here was to evaluate and develop that method further. Toxicologists and risk assessors from different sectors and geographical areas were invited to test the SciRAP criteria and tool on a specific set of in vivo toxicity studies and to provide feedback concerning the scientific soundness and user‐friendliness of the SciRAP approach. The results of this expert assessment were used to refine and improve both the evaluation criteria and the colour‐coding tool. It is expected that the SciRAP web‐based platform will continue to be developed and enhanced to keep up to date with the needs of end‐users.