Exposure to ethylene oxide during the early zygotic period induces skeletal anomalies in mouse fetuses

Teratology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Polifka, Janine E ^a   Rutledge, Joe C ^b   Kimmel, Gary L ^c   Dellarco, Vicki ^c   Generoso, Walderico M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; ZYGOTE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0029865968     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199601)53:1<1::AID-TERA1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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