Histopathology of Nasal Olfactory Mucosa from Selected Inhalation Toxicity Studies Conducted with Volatile Chemicals

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 618-627

  Hardisty, Jerry F ^a   Garman, Robert H ^a   Harkema, Jack R ^a   Lomax, Larry G ^b   Morgan, Kevin T ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Toxicologic Pathology   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

grading severity; histopathology; Inhalation; olfactory epithelium

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VINYL ACETATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; ESTERS; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METAPLASIA; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; NASAL CAVITY; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROPIONATES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGENERATION;

EID: 0032727912     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339902700602     Document Type: Article

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