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Table 1 General characteristics of the Klimisch and the final CRED evaluation methods

From: Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating ecotoxicity Data (CRED): comparison and perception of the Klimisch and CRED methods for evaluating reliability and relevance of ecotoxicity studies

Characteristics

Klimisch

CRED

Data type

Toxicity and ecotoxicity

Aquatic ecotoxicity

Number of reliability criteria

12–14 (ecotoxicity)

Evaluating 20 (reporting 50)

Number of relevance criteria

0

13

Number of OECD reporting criteria includeda

14 (of 37)

37 (of 37)

Additional guidance

No

Yes

How to summarize the evaluation

Qualitative for reliability

Qualitative for reliability and relevance

  1. aAccording to [13]