Cutaneous toxicity studies with methoxy polyethylene glycol-350 (MPEG- 350) in rats and rabbits

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 10-11, 1997, Pages 1031-1039

  Hermansky, S J ^a,b   Leung, H W ^a  

^a UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; DIMETHYL ETHER; MACROGOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RABBIT; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031470776     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)87272-9     Document Type: Article

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