Cyclosiloxanes produce fatal liver and lung damage in mice

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-165

  Lieberman, Michael W ^a   Lykissa, Ernest D ^a   Barrios, Roberto ^a   Ou, Ching Nan ^a   Kala, Geeta ^a   Kala, Subbarao V ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Cyclosiloxanes; Silicone,; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYCLOSILOXANE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SILICONE; SILOXANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LD 50; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG INJURY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033025546     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107161     Document Type: Article

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