Toxicology and humoral immunity assessment of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) following a 28-day whole body vapor inhalation exposure in fischer 344 rats

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 655-677

  Klykken, P C ^a   Galbraith, T W ^a   Kolesar, G B ^a   Jean, P A ^a   Woolhiser, M R ^b   Elwell, M R ^c,d   Burns Naas, L A ^a   Mast, R W ^a,e   McCay, J A ^b   White Jr , K L ^b   Munson, A E ^b  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^d UK   (United States)

^e EVEREST CONSULTING ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SILICONE; SILOXANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; SIO;

EID: 0032831628     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480549908993174     Document Type: Article

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