Induction of peroxisome proliferation in the liver of biphenyl-fed female mice

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 486-488

  Umeda, Yumi ^a,b   Aiso, Shigetoshi ^a   Arito, Heihachiro ^a   Nagano, Kasuke ^a   Matsushima, Taijiro ^a  

^a Japan Bioassay Research Center   (Japan)

^b Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biphenyl; Electron microscopy; Liver; Mice; Peroxisome

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; BLADDER TUMOR; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEEDING; FEMALE; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEPATOCYTES; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEROXISOMES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10844259843     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.486     Document Type: Article

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