How many food additives are rodent carcinogens?

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-80

  Johnson, F M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

1958 Food Additives Amendment; Carcinogens; Food additives; Food and Drug Administration; National Toxicology Program rodent bioassay

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BENZIDINE DERIVATIVE; FOOD ADDITIVE;

CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOBACCO; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; FOOD ADDITIVES; MICE; RATS; SALMONELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036162869     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.10037     Document Type: Review

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