Lack of carcinogenicity of medium-viscosity liquid paraffin given in the diet ot F344 rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1181-1190

  Shoda, T ^a   Toyoda, K ^a   Uneyama, C ^a   Takada, K ^a   Takahashi, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; DIET; EATING; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MESENTERY; MINERAL OIL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031450385     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00105-1     Document Type: Article

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