Developmental toxicity evaluation of sodium fluoride administered to rats and rabbits in drinking water

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 162-177

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

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

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NiPERA   (United States)

^d NCTR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGANOGENESIS; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

EID: 26844570319     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.0053     Document Type: Article

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