A wistar rat strain prone to spontaneous liver tumor development: Implications for carcinogenic risk assessment

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-95

  Van Ravenzwaay, Bennard ^a   Tennekes, Henk ^b  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b NL 7201 EA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; EU classification; EU legislation; Mouse; Rat; Spontaneous liver tumor

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036974658     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.2002.1567     Document Type: Article

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