Subacute toxicity evaluation in rats exposed to concrete and hwangto building environments

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-274

  Lee, Seung Won ^a   Yang, Young Su ^b   Ann, Tai Hwan ^b   Bae, Chun Sik ^b   Moon, Chang Jong ^b   Kim, Sung Ho ^b   Song, Seung Yeong ^c   Hwang, Hey Zoo ^d   Kim, Jong Choon ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Building materials; Concrete; Housing environment; Hwangto; Rats; Subacute toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCRETES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCARBONATES; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HOUSING ENVIRONMENT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SUBACUTE TOXICITY; URINALYSIS;

RATS;

CONCRETE; POLYCARBONATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCRETE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RODENT; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; HWANGTO; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; URINALYSIS; WINTER;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EATING; EPIDIDYMIS; HEART; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEASONS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 34249658307     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20264     Document Type: Article

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