Inhalation toxicology of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) following a 3-month nose-only exposure in fischer 344 rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 230-240

  Burns Naas, Leigh Ann ^a   Mast, Richard W ^b   Meeks, Robert G ^a   Mann, Peter C ^c   Thevenazt, Philippe ^d  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EVEREST CONSULTING ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^d Research and Consulting Company   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031927955     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2441     Document Type: Article

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