Effects of toluene inhalation exposure on olfactory functioning: Behavioral and histological assessment

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Jacquot, L ^a   Pourie, G ^a   Buron, G ^a   Monnin, J ^a   Brand, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Histology; Olfaction; Olfactory epithelium; Sensitivity; Toluene

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; THICKNESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE;

EID: 33744978800     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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