Review of the genotoxicity of 2-butoxyethanol

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 387, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Elliott, Barry M ^a   Ashby, John ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Butoxyethanol; Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether; Genotoxicity; Glycol ethers; NTP bioassay

Indexed keywords

2 BUTOXYETHANOL; CARCINOGEN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOASSAY; BONE MARROW CELL; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; GENOTOXICITY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030784466     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(97)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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