Effects of intranasal exposure to spores of Stachybotrys atra in mice

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-188

  Nikulin, Marjo ^a,b   Reijula, Kari ^c   Jarvis, Bruce B ^d   Veijalainen, Pirjo ^b   Hintikka, Eeva Liisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TRICHOTHECENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; HYPHOMYCETES; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANIMALIA; ATRA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS ATRA;

EID: 26844480373     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.2274     Document Type: Article

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