Absence of acute testicular toxicity of methyl-tert butyl ether and breakdown products in mice

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 228-235

  Billitti, J E ^a,b   Faulkner, B C ^a   Wilson, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MICE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26644446701     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0742-8     Document Type: Article

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