Determination of the L-ascorbic acid requirements in Wistar osteogenic disorder Shionogi rats for prolonged carcinogenesis experiments

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-346

  Chan, S W Y ^a,b   Reade, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b School of Dental Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Plasma L ascorbic acid requirement; Wistar osteogenic disorder rat

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENESIS; FLUID INTAKE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0029852301     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780739826     Document Type: Article

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