In vivo and in vitro kinetics of ethylene oxide metabolism in rats and mice

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-19

  Brown, Carl D ^a,b   Wong, Brian A ^b   Fennell, Timothy R ^b  

^a ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0030025982     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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