Thyroid function and thyroid tumors in toxaphene-treated rats

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 2 II, 1996, Pages 184-192

  Waritz, Richard S ^a   Steinberg, Marshall ^b   Kinoshita, Florence K ^b   Kelly, Catherine M ^c   Richter, Ward R ^c  

^a BioSante International Inc   (United States)

^b Hercules Incorporated   (United States)

^c Huntingdon Life Sciences New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID TUMOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CARCINOGENS; EATING; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSECTICIDES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; TOXAPHENE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029803290     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0124     Document Type: Article

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