Comparisons of thresholds for carcinogenicity on linear and logarithmic dosage scales

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 325-332

  Waddell, William J ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 acetylaminofluorene; Carcinogenicity; Ethyl carbamate; Linear and log scales; Methyl eugenol; Nitrosodiethylamine; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AMINOFLUORENE DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DNA; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLEUGENOL; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA ADDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUGENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; URETHANE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 21744457919     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327105ht525oa     Document Type: Article

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