Inhalation carcinogenicity and chronic toxicity of indium-tin oxide in rats and mice

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-187

  Nagano, Kasuke ^a   Nishizawa, Tomoshi ^a   Umeda, Yumi ^a   Kasai, Tatsuya ^a   Noguchi, Tadashi ^a   Gotoh, Kaoru ^a   Ikawa, Naoki ^a   Eitaki, Yoko ^a   Kawasumi, Yaeko ^a   Yamauchi, Tsuneyuki ^a   Arito, Heihachiro ^a   Fukushima, Shoji ^a  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Indium tin oxide; Inhalation; Lung; Mouse; Rat

Indexed keywords

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ADENOMA; AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SURVIVAL; URINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADENOMA; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; FEMALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80054042040     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.10-0057-OA     Document Type: Article

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