Developmental toxicity studies in Crl:CD (SD) rats following inhalation exposure to trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 405-412

  Carney, E W ^a   Thorsrud, B A ^a   Dugard, P H ^b   Zablotny, C L ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorinated solvents; Developmental toxicity; Inhalation; Perchloroethylene (PERC); Rat; Teratogencity; Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene (TCE)

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; INHALATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; UTERUS WEIGHT; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33750444259     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20091     Document Type: Article

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