Thymomas induced by simple alkylating agents in c57bl/cbi mice: kinetics of the dose response

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 845-856

  Frel, Jaroslav V ^a   Lawley, Philip D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FEMALE; KINETICS; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0018892252     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/64.4.845     Document Type: Article

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