Comparative assessment of the sensory irritation potency in mice and rats nose-only exposed to ammonia in dry and humidified atmospheres

Toxicology

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Li, Wen Li ^a   Pauluhn, Jürgen ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute inhalation; Emergency response guidelines; Respiratory reflexes; Sensory irritation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AEROSOL; AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; INHALATION TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSORY IRRITATION TEST; TIDAL VOLUME; TOXIC INHALATION; TOXICITY TESTING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMIDITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77956414360     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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