Carcinogenicity and chronic toxicity in rats and mice exposed to chloroform by inhalation

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 283-293

  Yamamoto, Seigo ^a,b   Kasai, Tatsuya ^a   Matsumoto, Michiharu ^a   Nishizawa, Tomoshi ^a   Arito, Heihachiro ^a   Nagano, Kasuke ^a   Matsushima, Taijiro ^a  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b Japan Bioassay Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroform; Kidney; Liver; Mouse; NOAEL; Occupational exposure limit; Rat; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM;

ADENOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOPHILIA; BIOASSAY; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036710873     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.44.283     Document Type: Article

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