N-methyl-N-nitrosourea concentration-dependent, rather than total intake-dependent, induction of adenocarcinomas in the glandular stomach of BALB/c mice

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-391

  Yamachika, Takasuke ^a,b   Nakanishi, Hayao ^a   Inada, Ken Ichi ^a   Tsukamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Kiyoshi ^a   Fukushima, Shoji ^b   Tatematsu, Masae ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Concentration dependence; Mouse; N methyl N nitrosourea; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031959559     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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