Relative potencies of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls derived from hepatic porphyrin accumulation in mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-109

  Van Birgelen, Angélique P J M ^a,b   Devito, Michael J ^a   Akins, Jon M ^c   Ross, David G ^a   Diliberto, Janet J ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; PORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HEME SYNTHESIS; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029891274     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0103     Document Type: Article

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