The Tobacco-specific Nitrosamine 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-l-(3-pyridyl)-l-butanone Is an Active Transplacental Carcinogen in Syrian Golden Hamsters

Cancer Research

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 3435-3438

  Correa, Enrique ^a   Joshi, Pryavadan A ^a   Castonguay, Andre ^b   Schiiller, Hildegard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANONE; NITROSAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSPLACENTAL CARCINOGENESIS;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAMSTERS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MESOCRICETUS; NITROSAMINES; PLANTS, TOXIC; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOBACCO;

EID: 0025311241     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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