A Prevalidation Study on In Vitro Skin Corrosivity Testing

3ZENECA Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TJ, UK; 4Environmental Safet;'. Laboratory, Unilever Research, Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedford MK44 lLQ, UK; Microbiological Associates Inc., 9900 Blackwell Road, Rockville, MD 20878, USA; Rh6ne-Poulenc Secteur Agro, 355 Rue Dostoievski, BP 153, 06903 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France; Hazleton Europe, Otley Road, Harrogate, N. Yorkshire HG3 1PY, UK; 8InVitro International, 16632 Milliken Avenue, Irvine, CA 92714, USA; BASF, ZHTZ470, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany; ZEBET, Bundesinstitut fur gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veteriniirmedizin (BgVV), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany; 11Advanced Tissue Sciences, 10933 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 920371005, USA; 12The Procter & Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, P.O. Box 538707, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8707, USA; Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Leiden, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; Elf Atochem, Department of Toxicology, 92091 Paris-la-Defense, France; Henkel KGaA, Henkelstrasse 67, D-40191 Dusseldorf, Germany; 16Apojay Consultancy, 6 Cragside, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear NE26 3DU, UK; 17ECVAM, JRC Environment Institute, 21020 Ispra (Va), Italy

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