The olfactory system as a portal of entry for airborne polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to the brain?

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 314-317

  Apfelbach, Raimund ^a   Engelhart, Axel ^a   Behnisch, Peter ^a   Hagenmaier, Hanspaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne PCBs; Axoplasmic transport; Ferret; Olfactory system

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; BIOACCUMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERRET; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; FERRETS; OLFACTORY BULB; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0031925112     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050508     Document Type: Article

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