Asphalt fume dermal carcinogenicity potential: I. dermal carcinogenicity evaluation of asphalt (bitumen) fume condensates

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Clark, Charles R ^a   Burnett, Donald M ^b   Parker, Craig M ^c   Arp, Earl W ^d   Swanson, Mark S ^c   Minsavage, Gary D ^e   Kriech, Anthony J ^f   Osborn, Linda V ^f   Freeman, James J ^e   Barter, Robert A ^e   Newton, Paul E ^g   Beazley, Shelley L ^g   Stewart, Christopher W ^g  

^a ConocoPhillips Company ^*  (United States)

^b BP Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c Marathon Petroleum   (United States)

^d ASPHALT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^f Heritage Research Group   (United States)

^g MPI RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Bitumen; Carcinogenicity; Dermal; Fume condensate; Initiation promotion; Irritation; Middle distillates; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; MINERAL OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FUME; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TANK;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; EXCIPIENTS; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MINERAL OIL; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPILLOMA; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80052421869     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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