Developmental toxicities of ethylbenzene, ortho-, meta-, para-xylene and technical xylene in rats following inhalation exposure

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-429

  Saillenfait, Anne Marie ^a   Gallissot, F ^a   Morel, G ^a   Bonnet, P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Ethylbenzene; Inhalation exposure; Rat; Xylene

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BONE AND BONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT GAIN; XYLENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037333113     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00231-4     Document Type: Article

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