Subchronic oral toxicity study of furan in fischer-344 rats

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 619-630

  Gill, S ^a   Bondy, G ^a   Lefebvre, D E ^a   Becalski, A ^a   Kavanagh, M ^a   Hou, Y ^a   Turcotte, A M ^a   Barker, M ^a   Weld, M ^a   Vavasour, E ^a   Cooke, G M ^a  

^a Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

Furan; Gavage; NOAEL; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ELECTROLYTE; FURAN; LIOTHYRONINE; PHOSPHORUS; THYROXINE; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET ORGAN; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; TOXICITY;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; FURANS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77953674088     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623310368978     Document Type: Article

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