Comparative evaluation of the combined osteolathyritic effects of two nitrile combinations on Xenopus embryos

Toxicology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-207

  Dawson, Douglas A ^a   Cotter, Melissa A ^a   Policz, Deidre L ^a   Stoffer, Deborah A ^a   Nichols, Jason P ^a   Pöch, Gerald ^b  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aminopropionitrile; Aminoacetonitrile; Chemical mixture toxicity; Copper sulfate; Dose addition; Independence

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPIONITRILE; AMINOACETONITRILE; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; NITRILE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FROG; LATHYRISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINOACETONITRILE; AMINOPROPIONITRILE; ANIMALS; COPPER SULFATE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; LATHYRISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; TRIXIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034608790     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(00)00196-7     Document Type: Article

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