Oral teratogenicity studies of methyl bromide in rats and rabbits

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-427

  Kaneda, M ^a   Hojo, H ^a   Teramoto, S ^a   Maita, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL BROMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; STOMACH; TOXICITY TESTING;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; STOMACH; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0031805260     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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