N-Nitroso compounds produced in deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) GI tracts following hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1164-1170

  Pan, Xiaoping ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^a   Smith, Jordan N ^a   Francisco, Michael San ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a   Cobb, George P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body weight; Deer mice; DNX; GI tract; MNX; N nitroso compounds (NOCs); Organ weight; RDX; TNX

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

BODY WEIGHT; DEER MICE; DINITROSONITROTRIAZINE (DNX); N-NITROSO COMPOUNDS (NOCS); ORGAN WEIGHT; TRINITROSOTRIAZINE (TNX);

CARCINOGENS;

CYCLONITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARCINOGENS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

CARCINOGEN; EXPLOSIVE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; RODENT; TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PEROMYSCUS; STOMACH;

MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 33846615384     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.10.077     Document Type: Article

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