Comparative tumorigenicity of 1- and 3-nitrobenzo[a]pyrenes, and 3,6- and 1,6-dinitrobenzo[a]pyrenes in F344/DuCrj rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Horikawa, Kazumi ^a   Sera, Nobuyuki ^a   Murakami, Koichi ^a   Sano, Nobuya ^b   Izumi, Keisuke ^b   Tokiwa, Hiroshi ^c  

^a FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3,6 Dinitrobenzo a pyrene; F344 DuCrj rat; Tumorigenicity

Indexed keywords

1 NITROBENZO[A]PYRENE; 1,6 DINITROBENZO[A]PYRENE; 3 NITROBENZO[A]PYRENE; 3,6 DINITROBENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALMONELLA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BENZOPYRENES; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0032168546     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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