Comparison of toluene-induced and styrene-induced hearing losses

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 689-697

  Loquet, G ^a   Campo, P ^a   Lataye, R ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory; Ototoxicity; Rat; Solvent; Styrene; Toluene

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONOTOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN OF CORTI; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; TOLUENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032718684     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(99)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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