Bromoethane, chloroethane and ethylene oxide induced uterine neoplasms in B6C3F1 mice from 2-year NTP inhalation bioassays: Pathology and incidence data revisited

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Picut, Catherine A ^a   Aoyama, Hiroaki ^b   Holder, James W ^c   Gold, Lois Swirsky ^d   Maronpot, Robert R ^e   Dixon, Darlene ^e  

^a Biotechnics Inc   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Animal cancer test; Bromoethane; Chloroethane; Epigenetic; Estrogen Receptor (ER); Ethyl bromide; Ethyl chloride; Ethylene oxide; Glutathione conjugation; Mouse uterus; Uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROETHANE; ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ADENOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER TEST; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARY METASTASIS; SEROSA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0043027063     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0940-2993-00303     Document Type: Article

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