Influence of oral administration of a quaternary mixture of trihalomethanes on their blood kinetics in the rat

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Luciene Da Silva, M ^a   Charest Tardif, Ginette ^a   Krishnan, Kannan ^a   Tardif, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Metabolic interactions; Toxicokinetic modeling; Trihalomethanes; Water disinfection by products

Indexed keywords

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE DEMETHYLASE; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MIXTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHLOROFORM; DISINFECTION; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032940899     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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