Toxicity profile of benzo[a]pyrene in the male LacZ transgenic mouse (MutaMouse) following oral administration for 5 consecutive days

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-279

  Hakura, Atsushi ^a   Sonoda, Jiro ^a   Tsutsui, Yoshie ^a   Mikami, Takashi ^a   Imade, Toshio ^a   Shimada, Michiyo ^a   Yaguchi, Sachiko ^a   Yamanaka, Misaki ^a   Tomimatsu, Mikio ^a   Tsukidate, Kazuo ^a  

^a EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Carcinogenicity; LacZ mutation; Mutagenicity; MutaMouse; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOXICITY; FORESTOMACH; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032103651     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1998.1218     Document Type: Article

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