The Ah receptor: A regulator of the biochemical and toxicological actions of structurally diverse chemicals

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 557-568

  Denison, M S ^a   Heath Pagliuso, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER TOXICITY; PORPHYRIA; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0032406634     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00002973     Document Type: Review

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