Hepatic and associated response of rats to pregnancy, lactation and simultaneous treatment with butylated hydroxytoluene

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 753-761

  McFarlane, M ^d   Price, S C ^d   Cottrell, S ^d   Grasso, P ^a   Bremmer, J N ^b   Bomhard, E M ^c   Hinton, R H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYLCRESOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030773353     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)89667-6     Document Type: Article

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