Prenatal toxicity of inhaled polymeric methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) aerosols in pregnant Wistar rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 431-440

  Gamer, A O ^a   Hellwig, J ^a   Doe, J E ^b   Tyl, R W ^c  

^a BASF Department of Toxicology   (Germany)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Fetal skeletal variations and retardations; Maternal toxicity; Polymeric methylenediphenyl diisocyanate; Whole body exposure to aerosols

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TOXICITY; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034112407     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/54.2.431     Document Type: Article

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