Carcinogenicity of aspartame in rats not proven

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Magnuson, Bernadene ^a   Williams, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; ASPARTIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERIUM; RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 46749126632     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10881     Document Type: Letter

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