Reporting of teratology studies

Methods Mol Biol. 2013:947:295-309. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-131-8_23.

Abstract

The regulatory toxicology report is an unusual document that requires a particular skill to write. The report must be clear, accurate, concise, and focused. A clear and direct writing style is required. The end-users of the report will hope to find the information they seek with as little effort as possible. Few, or none, will read the entire document. The author should aim to appease the user by obliging him to read as little text and turn as few pages as possible. This chapter gives tips and guidance on how to present the experimental data and write the narrative text in the final study report for a teratology study.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Quality Control
  • Rats
  • Research Design* / standards
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Teratology / methods*
  • Vocabulary