2-ethylhexanoic acid: Subchronic oral toxicity studies in the rat and mouse

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 429-436

  Juberg, D R ^a   David, R M ^a   Katz, G V ^a   Bernard, L G ^a   Gordon, D R ^a   Vlaovic, M S ^a   Topping, D C ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTICIZER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; EATING; FEMALE; HEXANOIC ACIDS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031835129     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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