Effects of benzothiophene on male rats following short-term oral exposure

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-66

  Poon, Raymond ^a   Davis, Hugh ^a   Lecavalier, Pierre ^a   Liteplo, Robert ^a   Yagminas, Al ^a   Chu, Ih ^a   Bihun, Craig ^b  

^a Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AMINOPYRINE N DEMETHYLASE; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOTHIOPHENE; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOPHENES; THYMUS GLAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031059015     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841097160609     Document Type: Article

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