Subchronic oral methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) exposure in male Sprague-Dawley rats and effects on health of MTBE exposed workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Ye, Shun Hua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Health effects; Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether; SD rats; Subchronic; Workers

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; OCTANE; OZONE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE IRRITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER CELL; LIVER WEIGHT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYSOSOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RAT; SKIN IRRITATION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WORKER;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0033041532     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.41.33     Document Type: Article

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