Chronic inhalation toxicity and oncogenicity of methyl methacrylate in rats and hamsters

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 393-407

  Lomax, L G ^a   Krivanek, N D ^b   Frame, S R ^b  

^a ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; INHALATION; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; RAT;

EID: 0030917199     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)80198-6     Document Type: Article

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