Thirteen-week inhalation toxicity of 1,4-dioxane in rats

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 961-971

  Kasai, Tatsuya ^a   Saito, Misae ^a   Senoh, Hideki ^a   Umeda, Yumi ^a   Aiso, Shigetoshi ^a   Ohbayashi, Hisao ^a   Nishizawa, Tomoshi ^a   Nagano, Kasuke ^a   Fukushima, Shoji ^a  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIOXANE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOXANE TOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TOXICITY; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRONCHI; DIOXANES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRACHEA;

RATTUS;

EID: 49249110194     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370802105397     Document Type: Article

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