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Kevin M. Crofton

Kevin M. Crofton

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D-Index
82
Citations
19697
World Ranking
16320
National Ranking
8209

Overview

Kevin M. Crofton is affiliated with R3Fellows LLC in the United States and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses extensively on several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cancer Research, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and studies involving Small Animals.

The scientist's work centers on key topics such as the effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, pharmaceutical studies and practices, computational drug discovery methods, animal testing and alternatives, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, and pesticide exposure and toxicity.

Kevin M. Crofton has contributed to various scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • "The Tox21 10K Compound Library: Collaborative Chemistry Advancing Toxicology" (2020) published in Chemical Research in Toxicology
  • "Establishment of a human cell-based in vitro battery to assess developmental neurotoxicity hazard of chemicals" (2022) published in Chemosphere
  • "Development of Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment (IATA) case studies on developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) risk assessment" (2021) published in EFSA Journal
  • "External Scientific Report on the Interpretation of Data from the Developmental Neurotoxicity In Vitro Testing Assays for Use in Integrated Approaches for Testing and Assessment" (2021) published in EFSA Supporting Publications
  • "Current status and future directions for a neurotoxicity hazard assessment framework that integrates in silico approaches" (2022) published in Computational Toxicology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kevin M. Crofton include:

  • Iris Mangas
  • Andrea Terron
  • Raymond R. Tice
  • Ellen Fritsche
  • Martin Paparella

The scientist's work is commonly published in venues such as EFSA Supporting Publications, Computational Toxicology, UNC Libraries, EFSA Journal, and Chemical Research in Toxicology.

Best Publications

  • Developmental Neurotoxicity of Pyrethroid Insecticides: Critical Review and Future Research Needs

    Timothy J. Shafer;Douglas A. Meyer;Kevin M. Crofton;Kevin M. Crofton

  • Developmental Exposure to Brominated Diphenyl Ethers Results in Thyroid Hormone Disruption

    Tong Zhou;Michele M. Taylor;T. Michael J. Devito;Kevin M. Crofton

  • Effects of short-term in vivo exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers on thyroid hormones and hepatic enzyme activities in weanling rats

    Tong Zhou;David G. Ross;Michael J. DeVito;Kevin M. Crofton

  • ToxCast Chemical Landscape: Paving the Road to 21st Century Toxicology

    Ann M. Richard;Richard S. Judson;Keith A. Houck;Christopher M. Grulke

  • Developmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Aroclor 1254) Reduces Circulating Thyroid Hormone Concentrations and Causes Hearing Deficits in Rats

    E. S. Goldey;L. S. Kehn;C. Lau;G. L. Rehnberg

  • Risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals: A WHO/IPCS framework.

    M E Bette Meek;Alan R Boobis;Kevin M Crofton;Gerhard Heinemeyer

  • Applying Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) to support Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment (IATA)

    Knut Erik Tollefsen;Stefan Scholz;Mark T. Cronin;Stephen W. Edwards

  • The effects of triclosan on puberty and thyroid hormones in male Wistar rats.

    Leah M. Zorrilla;Emily K. Gibson;Susan C. Jeffay;Kevin M. Crofton

  • Thyroid-Disrupting Chemicals: Interpreting Upstream Biomarkers of Adverse Outcomes

    Mark D. Miller;Kevin M. Crofton;Deborah C. Rice;R. Thomas Zoeller

  • Assessment of DE-71, a commercial polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) mixture, in the EDSP male and female pubertal protocols.

    Tammy E. Stoker;Susan C. Laws;Kevin M. Crofton;Joan M. Hedge

  • Thyroid disrupting chemicals: mechanisms and mixtures.

    Kevin M. Crofton

  • Short-term in vivo exposure to the water contaminant triclosan: Evidence for disruption of thyroxine

    Kevin M. Crofton;Katie B. Paul;Michael J. DeVito;Joan M. Hedge

  • Integrated Model of Chemical Perturbations of a Biological Pathway Using 18 In Vitro High Throughput Screening Assays for the Estrogen Receptor

    Richard S. Judson;Felicia Maria Magpantay;Vijay Chickarmane;Cymra Haskell

  • Thyroid-hormone-disrupting chemicals: evidence for dose-dependent additivity or synergism.

    Kevin M. Crofton;Elena S. Craft;Joan M. Hedge;Chris Gennings

  • In Utero and Lactational Exposure to Bisphenol A, In Contrast to Ethinyl Estradiol, Does Not Alter Sexually Dimorphic Behavior, Puberty, Fertility, and Anatomy of Female LE Rats

    Bryce C. Ryan;Andrew K. Hotchkiss;Andrew K. Hotchkiss;Kevin M. Crofton;L. Earl Gray

  • Editor's Highlight: Analysis of the Effects of Cell Stress and Cytotoxicity on In Vitro Assay Activity Across a Diverse Chemical and Assay Space.

    Richard Judson;Keith Houck;Matt Martin;Ann M. Richard

  • Relationships between Biomarkers of Exposure and Neurological Effects in a Group of Workers Exposed to Acrylamide

    C.J. Calleman;Y. Wu;F. He;G. Tian

  • Screening methods for thyroid hormone disruptors.

    Michael DeVito;Lisa Biegel;Abraham Brouwer;Scott Brown

  • Effects of Developmental Hypothyroidism on Auditory and Motor Function in the Rat

    E S Goldey;L S Kehn;G L Rehnberg;K M Crofton

  • Solvent-induced ototoxicity in rats: An atypical selective mid-frequency hearing deficit

    Crofton Km;Lassiter Tl;Rebert Cs

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Hartung
Thomas Hartung Johns Hopkins University
Thomas B. Knudsen
Thomas B. Knudsen Environmental Protection Agency
Melvin E. Andersen
Melvin E. Andersen Research Triangle Park Foundation
Menghang Xia
Menghang Xia National Institutes of Health
Ruili Huang
Ruili Huang National Institutes of Health
Mark E. Stanton
Mark E. Stanton University of Delaware
Pamela J. Lein
Pamela J. Lein University of California, Davis
Aldert H. Piersma
Aldert H. Piersma Centre for Health Protection
Marcel Leist
Marcel Leist University of Konstanz
Anton Simeonov
Anton Simeonov National Institutes of Health

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