Sensory irritation to mixtures of formaldehyde, acrolein, and acetaldehyde in rats

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 329-337

  Cassee, Flemming R ^a,b   Arts, Josje H E ^a   Groten, John P ^a   Feron, Victor J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Acrolein; Formaldehyde; Rat; Sensory irritation

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHALATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; ANIMALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE; IRRITANTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0029995223     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050282     Document Type: Article

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