Toxicity of furfuryl alcohol to F344 rats and B6C3F1 mice exposed by inhalation

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-169

  Irwin, Richard D ^a   Chou, B J ^b   Mellick, P W ^b   Miller, R A ^b   Mahler, Joel ^a   Roycroft, Joe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Furfuryl alcohol; Inhalation; Nasal lesions

Indexed keywords

FURFURYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; MALE; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SURVIVAL; TISSUE DEGENERATION; VAPOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FURANS; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NOSE; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030842024     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199705)17:3<159::AID-JAT420>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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