Ototoxicity in rats exposed to ethylbenzene and to two technical xylene vapours for 13 weeks

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-143

  Gagnaire, François ^a   Langlais, Cristina ^a   Grossmann, Stéphane ^a   Wild, Pascal ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aromatic solvents; Ethylbenzene; Mixed xylenes; Ototoxicity; Potentiation; Rat

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL LOSS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; HAIR CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAFETY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; AUDIOMETRY; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; EAR, INNER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HAIR CELLS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; XYLENES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846811015     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0124-y     Document Type: Article

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