Carcinogenicity assessment of selected nickel compounds

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 152-166

  Oller, Adriana R ^a   Costa, Max ^b   Oberdörster, Günter ^c  

^a Nickel Producers Environ Res A   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; NICKEL SUBSULFIDE; NICKEL SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; CARCINOGENICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG COMPARISON; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIVIDUALITY; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031104796     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.8075     Document Type: Article

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