Effects of subacute boric acid administration on rat kidney tissue

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-253

  Tavil Sabuncuoglu, Bizden ^a   Aribal Kocaturk, Pelin ^a   Yaman, Onder ^a   Ozelci Kavas, Guzin ^a   Tekelioglu, Meral ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boric acid; Boron; Kidney; Rat; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; BORON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EXPOSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BORIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33745093790     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650600584386     Document Type: Article

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