Benzothiazole toxicity assessment in support of synthetic turf field human health risk assessment

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1175-1183

  Ginsberg, Gary ^a   Toal, Brian ^a   Kurland, Tara ^b  

^a CDC   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZOTHIAZOLE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYLAMINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DEVELOPMENT; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLITE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RING OPENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SCREENING; SPORT; SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MUTAGENS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 79961098426     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.586943     Document Type: Article

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