Subchronic oral toxicity studies with erythritol in mice and rats

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 2 II, 1996, Pages

  Til, H P ^a   Kuper, C F ^a   Falke, H E ^b   Bar A ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Board for the Authorisation of Pesticides   (Netherlands)

^c Bioresco AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRITOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029820099     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0102     Document Type: Article

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