Exposure of laboratory mice to domestic cooking gas: - Implications for toxicity

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-176

  Odunola, Oyeronke A ^a   Uka, Emmanuel ^a   Akinwumi, Kazeem A ^a,b   Gbadegesin, Michael A ^a   Osifeso, Olabode O ^a   Ibegbu, Madu D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Domestic cooking gas; Mice; Micronucleated polychromatic erythrocyte; Sodium arsenite; GT and AP

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARSENITE SODIUM; DOMESTIC COOKING GAS; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS POISONING; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEATED POLYCHROMATIC ERYTHROCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SERUM; VASODILATATION;

MUS;

EID: 54349125316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5030172     Document Type: Article

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