Effect of formaldehyde inhalation on rat livers: A light and electron microscopic study

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-119

  Cikmaz, Selman ^a   Kutoglu, Tunc ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Mesut, Recep ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

electron microscope; formaldehyde; light microscope; liver; rat

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXIC INHALATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT; ANIMAL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; HEPATOCYTES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77951931536     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710362384     Document Type: Article

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