Subchronic and chronic toxicological investigations on metiram: The lack of a carcinogenic response in rodents

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 481-492

  Charles, Jeffrey M ^a   Tobia, Abraham ^b   Van Ravenzwaay, Ben ^c  

^a Charles and Conn LLC   (United States)

^b BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Chronic toxicity; Dietary; ETU; Fungicide; Metiram; Mouse; Rat; Rodent; Subchronic toxicity; T3; T4

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; FUNGICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TARGET ORGAN; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034082838     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/54.2.481     Document Type: Article

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