Very low sensitivity of Wistar:Han female rats to chemocarcinogens in mammary carcinogenesis induction

Neoplasma

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 373-376

  Ahlers, I ^a   Solar P ^a   Buresova A ^a   Ahlersova E ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chemocarcinogen; Mammary carcinogenesis; Rat strains; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CARCINOGEN; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032466249     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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