7H-Benzo[c]fluorene: A potent systemic lung carcinogen

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Weyand, Eric H ^a,d   Parimoo, Bhama ^a   Reuhl, Kenneth R ^a   Goldstein, Lawrence S ^b,e   Wang, J Q ^c   Harvey, Ronald G ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Maple City Research Inc   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene (B a P); Benzo c fluorene(B c F); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)

Indexed keywords

7H BENZO[C]FLUORENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; COAL TAR; DNA; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MODEL; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DNA ADDUCT; FEEDING; FEMALE; FORESTOMACH; INJECTION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MOUSE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NONHUMAN;

EID: 1842839711     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630490426942     Document Type: Article

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