Lack of potential of low dose N-nitrosodimethylamine to induce preneoplastic lesions, glutathione S-transferase placental form-positive foci, in rat liver

Cancer Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Fukushima, Shoji ^a   Wanibuchi, Hideki ^a   Morimura, Keiichirou ^a   Nakae, Dai ^b   Tsuda, Hiroyuki ^c,e   Imaida, Katsumi ^d   Shirai, Tomoyuki ^e   Tatematsu, Masae ^f   Tsukamoto, Tetsuya ^f   Hirose, Masao ^g   Furukawa, Fumio ^g  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SASAKI INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity dose threshold; N nitrosodimethylamine; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 20244387173     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.08.035     Document Type: Article

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