TY - BOOK ED - World Health Organization. ED - International Programme on Chemical Safety. TI - Summary report on the evaluation of short-term tests for carcinogens: (collaborative study on in vivo tests SN - 9241571098 PY - 1990/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - Carcinogens KW - analysis KW - Mutagens KW - Mutagenicity tests KW - Evaluation studies N1 - Chapter 2, The collaborative study on short-term in vivo tests for mutagens and carcinogens (CSSTT/2) 1983-85, in French and Spanish N2 - Summarizes the work of a major collaborative study concerned with the reliability of short-term tests for the in vitro assessment of mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. The study, which involved the participation of 60 key investigators, was organized in response to concern over the inability of the widely-used Salmonella, or "Ames", assay to detect carcinogenic potential in certain specific cases ER -