Tissue deposition of the insect repellent DEET and the sunscreen oxybenzone from repeated topical skin applications in rats

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 594-603

  Fediuk, Daryl J ^a   Tao Wang, ^a   Raizman, Joshua E ^b,c   Parkinson, Fiona E ^b   Gu, Xiaochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

percutaneous permeation; repeated topical skin applications; repellent DEET; sunscreen oxybenzone; tissue disposition

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; OXYBENZONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN PERMEABILITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZOPHENONES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DEET; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FETUS; HALF-LIFE; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; NEURONS; PERMEABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

HEXAPODA; RATTUS;

EID: 78650858422     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581810380147     Document Type: Article

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