Effects of Diuron [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea] on the urinary bladder of male Wistar rats

Toxicology

Volumn 224, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 66-73

  Nascimento, Merielen Garcia ^a   de Oliveira, Maria Luiza Cotrim Sartor ^a   Lima, Adriano Silva ^a   de Camargo, João Lauro Viana ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3 (3,4 Dichlorophenyl) 1,1 dimethylurea ; Carcinogenesis; Cell proliferation; Cytotoxicity; Diuron; Rat urinary bladder; Urothelial hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

DIURON; DNA; SACCHARIN SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DETERMINATION; EVALUATION; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE PH; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMET ASSAY; DIET; DIURON; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HERBICIDES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SACCHARUM;

EID: 33745188710     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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