The utility of N-nitrosamines as initiators for a 26-week rat two-stage nasal carcinogenesis model

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-43

  Koujitani, Takatoshi ^a   Yasuhara, Kazuo ^a   Onodera, Hiroshi ^a   Takagi, Hisayoshi ^a   Tamura, Toru ^a   Hirose, Masao ^a   Mitsumori, Kunitoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

N bis(2 hydroxypropyl)nitrosamine; N nitrosobis(2 oxypropyl)amine; N nitrosopiperidine, 2,6 dimethylaniline; Rat, two stage nasal carcinogenesis model

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649169328     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: 09149198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.15.39     Document Type: Article

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