Ototoxicity in rats exposed to ortho-, meta- and para-xylene vapours for 13 weeks

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-14

  Gagnaire, François ^a   Marignac, Brigitte ^a   Langlais, Cristina ^a   Bonnet, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAIR CELL; ISOMER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAPOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034924757     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.2001.890102.x     Document Type: Article

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