Potent carcinogenicity of 2,7-dinitrofluorene, an environmental pollutant, for the mammary gland of female Sprague-Dawley rats

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2017-2023

  Malejka Giganti, Danuta ^a,b,c,d   Niehans, Gloria A ^a,b   Reichert, Mark A ^a   Bennett, Kristen K ^a   Bliss, Robin L ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NITROFLUORENE; CARCINOGEN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; SOLVENT;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INJECTION SITE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUORENES; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032877271     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/20.10.2017     Document Type: Article

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