Evaluation of potential human carcinogenicity of the synthetic monomer ethyl acrylate

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-15

  Williams, Gary M ^a   Iatropoulos, Michael J ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity carcinogenicity in rodents; Ethyl acrylate; Forestomach neoplasia; Human risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARCINOGEN; CLASTOGEN; COPOLYMER; CORN OIL; MONOMER; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG CARCINOGENICITY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EVALUATION; FORESTOMACH; GENOTOXICITY; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPLASIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH IRRITATION;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58749091452     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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