Exposure to gasoline and kerosene vapours: A risk factor for nephrotoxicity in rats

Internet Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Uboh, Friday E ^a   Akpanabiatu, Monday I ^b   Ekaidem, Itemobong S ^b   Eteng, Mbeh U ^a   Eyong, Eyong U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Gasoline vapours; Hyperkalaemia; Hypochloraemia; Hyponatraemia; Kerosene vapours; Nephrotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GASOLINE; GLUCOSE; KEROSENE; SODIUM; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EVAPORATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOCHLOREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

EID: 77954285851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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