Toluene and styrene intoxication route in the rat cochlea

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Campo, P ^a   Loquet, G ^a   Blachere V ^a   Roure, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Intoxication route; Styrene; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CORTI ORGAN; ENDOLYMPH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COCHLEA; MALE; ORGAN OF CORTI; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STYRENE; TOLUENE;

EID: 0032988566     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(99)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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