Acute nose-only inhalation exposure of rats to di- and triphosgene relative to phosgene

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Pauluhn, Jürgen ^a  

^a Institute of Toxicology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delayed mortality; Mode of action; Nose only inhalation

Indexed keywords

DIPHOSGENE; PHOSGENE; TRIPHOSGENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LC 50; MALE; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLOROFORM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; PHOSGENE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79951610768     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2010.542501     Document Type: Article

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