Testicular toxicity of gallium arsenide, indium arsenide, and arsenic oxide in rats by repetitive intratracheal instillation

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-78

  Omura, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Akiyo ^a   Hirata, Miyuki ^a   Zhao, Mangen ^a   Makita, Yuji ^a   Inoue, Naohide ^a   Gotoh, Kaoru ^b   Ishinishi, Noburu ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Inhalation Test Section   (Japan)

^c NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; INTRATRACHEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS;

EID: 26944463516     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.0108     Document Type: Article

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