Evaluation of the effect of implanted depleted uranium (DU) on adult rat behavior and toxicological endpoints

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1995-2010

  Arfsten, D P ^a   Wilfong, E R ^b   Bekkedal, M Y V ^c   Johnson, E W ^b   McInturf, S M ^b   Eggers, J S ^d   Schaeffer, D J ^e   Still, K R ^b  

^a Navy Drug Screening Laboratory   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c State of Wisconsin   (United States)

^d 206 Carnegie Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE; TANTALUM; URANIUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; TOOTH; TOXICOLOGY; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RATS; STARTLE REACTION; URANIUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 35748959659     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701550987     Document Type: Article

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