Chrysotile asbestos fibers detected in the newborn pups following gavage feeding of pregnant mice

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-31

  Haque, Abida K ^a,b   Ali, Imrana ^a   Vrazel, Danet M ^a   Uchida, Tatsuo ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREGNANCY; SUSPENSIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035847285     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984100050201640     Document Type: Article

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