Isomer-specific acute toxicity and cell proliferation in livers of B6C3F1 mice exposed to dichlorobenzene

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 268-274

  Umemura, Takashi ^a   Saito, Minoru ^a   Takagi, Atsuya ^a   Kurokawa, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY;

EID: 0029880766     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0080     Document Type: Article

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