Developmental toxic effects of ethylbenzene or toluene alone and in combination with butyl acetate in rats after inhalation exposure

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-42

  Saillenfait, Anne Marie ^a   Gallissot, Frédéric ^a   Sabaté, Jean Philippe ^a   Bourges Abella, Nathalie ^b   Muller, Samuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Butyl acetate; Developmental toxicity; Ethylbenzene; Inhalation; Mixtures; Rat; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYL ACETIC ACID; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ACETATES; ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EATING; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE; WEIGHT GAIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846643602     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1181     Document Type: Article

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