Combined osteolathyric effects of β-aminopropionitrile and penicillamine on Xenopus embryos: Statistical comparison with dose-addition and independence

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-374

  Mentzer, R Kelvin ^a   Smith, Nicole D ^a   Pöch, Gerald ^b   Dawson, Douglas A ^a  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPIONITRILE; PENICILLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DEAMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032908119     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480549909017840     Document Type: Article

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