The importance of measured end-points in demonstrating the occurrence of interactions: A case study with methylchloroform and m-xylene

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 312-317

  Tardif, R ^a   Charest Tardif, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Combined exposure; Metabolic interaction; Methylchloroform; Toxicokinetic modeling; Xylene

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRICHLOROETHANES; XYLENES;

EID: 0033059409     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/49.2.312     Document Type: Article

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