Subchronic toxicity of benzothiophene on rats following dietary exposure

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-150

  Poon, Raymond ^a   Davis, Hugh ^a   Park, George ^a   Lecavalier, Pierre ^a   Yagminas, Al ^a   Elwin, James ^a   Chu, Ih ^a   Valli, Victor E ^b  

^a Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZOTHIOPHENE; BILIRUBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BEHAVIOR; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORELIMB; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMATOCRIT; HINDLIMB; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY PELVIS; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BILIRUBIN; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIVER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; THIOPHENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032566740     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841098158566     Document Type: Article

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