Transplacental transfer of asbestos in pregnant mice

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 620-625

  Haque, A K ^a   Vrazel, D M ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031981631     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900671     Document Type: Article

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