Oral subchronic immunotoxicity study of ethyl tertiary butyl ether in the rat

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-304

  Banton, Marcy I ^a   Peachee, Vanessa L ^b   White Jr , Kimber L ^b   Padgett, Eric L ^c  

^a LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b ImmunoTox Inc   (United States)

^c WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

AFC assay; Ethyl tertiary butyl ether; Immunotoxicity; Oral; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ASSAY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHYL ETHERS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHEEP; SPLEEN;

OVIS ARIES; RATTUS;

EID: 80455174086     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1547691X.2011.598480     Document Type: Article

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