Seasonal influence on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a] anthracene-induced mammary carcinogenesis in Sprague-Dawley rats under controlled laboratory conditions

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Löscher, Wolfgang ^a   Mevissen, Meike ^a   Häußler, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MELATONIN; PALPATION; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030727861     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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