Histopathological studies on the liver of rats treated individually and with a combination of xylene, toluene and methyl alcohol

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-190

  Rana, S V S ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^b  

^a CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DAV PG College   (India)

Author keywords

methanol; solvent mixture hepatotoxicity xylene; toluene

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030922311     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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