Teratogen update: Toluene

Teratology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-151

  Wilkins Haug, Louise ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TERATOGENIC AGENT; TOLUENE;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TERATOGENS; TOLUENE;

EID: 0030965360     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199702)55:2<145::AID-TERA5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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