The developmental toxicity of boric acid in rabbits

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 176-187

  Price, Catherine J ^a   Marr, Melissa C ^a   Myers, Christina B ^a   Seely, John C ^b   Heindel, Jerrold J ^c   Schwetz, Bernard A ^c,d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b PATHCO Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL MORTALITY; RABBIT; TERATOGENICITY; UTERUS WEIGHT;

EID: 26844457236     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.0188     Document Type: Article

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