Acute toxicity of toluene in male and female rats: A single oral dose exposure 2-week study

Toxic Substance Mechanisms

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-56

  Mehta, Chander S ^a,d   Sun, Pei Nan ^a   Zikarge, Astate ^a   Mumtaz, Moiz ^b   Kuhn, Janice O ^c  

^a University of Taxas   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^c Park One Research Lab   (United States)

^d TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEREOTYPY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031985421     PISSN: 10769188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/107691898229440     Document Type: Article

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