Embryo toxicity and teratogenicity of formaldehyde

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 300-311

  Thrasher, Jack D ^a   Kilburn, Kaye H ^b  

^a Sam 1 Trust   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Chromosomes; Embryo; Formaldehyde; Mitochondria; Mutagenicity; Neurogenesis; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CHLORPYRIFOS; FORMALDEHYDE; METHYL GROUP; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA; THALIDOMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA ALKYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENE DELETION; IRON DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0034741363     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890109604460     Document Type: Article

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