Developmental and reproductive toxicity evaluation of toluene vapor in the rat. II. Developmental toxicity

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-531

  Roberts, L G ^a   Nicolich, M J ^a   Schreiner, C A ^a  

^a AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Inhalation; Rat; Teratogenicity; Toluene; Toluene vapor

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MARE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX RATIO; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TERATOGENICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLUENE; VOLATILIZATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 34248525287     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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