Effects of an ethanol-gasoline mixture: Results of a 4-week inhalation study in rats

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-199

  Chu, I ^a,d   Poon, R ^b   Valli, V ^a   Yagminas, A ^a   Bowers, W J ^a   Seegal, R ^c   Vincent, R ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c New York Department of Public Service   (United States)

^d Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain biogenic amines; Ethanol gasoline mixture; Inhalation toxicity; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; CHARCOAL; DOPAMINE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GASOLINE; GLUCOSE; HIPPURIC ACID; LIVER ENZYME; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHATE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 20444428386     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1051     Document Type: Article

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