Two-generation reproductive toxicity study of inhaled toluene diisocyanate vapor in CD rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 258-268

  Tyl, Rochelle W ^a,d   Neeper Bradley, Teresa L ^a,e   Fisher, Louann C ^a   Dodd, Darol E ^a,f   Pritts, Irwin M ^a   Losco, Patricia E ^a,g   Lyon, James P ^b   Landry, Timothy D ^c  

^a Bushy Run Research Center   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Nycomed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Offspring toxicity; Parental toxicity; Rhinitis; Toluene diisocyanate; Two generation study; Vapor exposure

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RHINITIS; VAPOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033372803     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/52.2.258     Document Type: Article

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