Origin and Distribution of Potassium Bromate-Induced Testicular and Peritoneal Mesotheliomas in Rats

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-266

  Crosby, Lynn M ^a   Morgan, Kevin T ^b   Gaskill, Betty ^b   Wolf, D C ^c   Deangelo, A B ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinogenesis; mesorchium; Rat testis; risk assessment; tunica vaginalis; water disinfection byproducts

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM BROMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS CANCER; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; BROMATES; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034117991     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262330002800205     Document Type: Article

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