Figures & data
Table 1. Incidence of Cr(VI)-induced crypt hyperplasia in mice.
Table 2. Incidence of folpet- and captan-induced crypt hyperplasia in mice*.
Table 3. Summary of in vivo duodenal genotoxicity assays for Cr(VI), captan, and folpet.
Table 4. Support for essentiality of key events (KEs).
Table 5. Support for biological plausibility of key event relationships (KERs).
Table 6. Empirical support for key event relationships (KERs).
Table 7. Evolved Bradford Hill causal considerations, defining questions, and body of evidence per OECD (Citation2018).
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