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THE MOUSE IgE TEST: INTERLABORATORY EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF BALB/c AND C57BL/6 STRAIN MICE

R. J. Dearman Zeneca Central Toxicology Laboratory, Cheshire, UK
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D. A. Basketter Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Bedfordshire, UK
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L. Blaikie Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Bedfordshire, UK
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E. D. Clark Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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J. Hilton Zeneca Central Toxicology Laboratory, Cheshire, UK
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R. V. House IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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G. S. Ladics EI du Pont de Nemours, Haskell Laboratory, Newark, Delaware, USA
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S. E. Loveless EI du Pont de Nemours, Haskell Laboratory, Newark, Delaware, USA
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C. Mattis IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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D. M. Sailstad National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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K. Sarlo Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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M. K. Selgrade National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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I. Kimber Zeneca Central Toxicology Laboratory, Cheshire, UK
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