Interpretation of skeletal variations for human risk assessment: Delayed ossification and wavy ribs

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 473-496

  Carney, Edward W ^a   Kimmel, Carole A ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b 1803 Building ^*

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Fetal skeleton; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

2,2,4 TRIMETHYL 1,2 DIHYDROQUINOLINE; 3 AMINOPENTANENITRILE; AFLATOXIN B1; BORIC ACID; CADMIUM; CEFETAMET PIVOXIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIHYDROQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL DISELENIDE; EDETATE CALCIUM; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; INSULIN; LASOFOXIFENE; LINDANE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM HYPOCHLORITE; MANCOZEB; METRIFONATE; NETILMICIN; NITRILE; OCHRATOXIN; OXITROPIUM BROMIDE; RALOXIFENE; T 2 TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE; VOGLIBOSE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE REMODELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DELAYED OSSIFICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB MALFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WAVY RIB;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS; RATS; RIBS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL; TERATOGENS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 37849041285     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20133     Document Type: Review

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