Comparison of NTP historical control tumor incidence rates in female Harlan Sprague Dawley and Fischer 344/N rats

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 765-775

  Dinse, Gregg E ^a   Peddada, Shyamal D ^a   Harris, Shawn F ^b   Elmore, Susan A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

Fischer 344 N; historical control; multiple testing correction; NTP; Sprague Dawley; survival adjustment; tumor incidence

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MODEL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLITORAL GLAND ADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; LEUKEMIA CELL; NONHUMAN; PITUITARY GLAND PARS DISTALIS ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THYROID GLAND C CELL ADENOMA;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 77958547559     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623310373777     Document Type: Article

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