Uptake and disposition of 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) in humans

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Ernstgård, Lena ^a   Sjögren, Bengt ^a   Dekant, Wolfgang ^b   Schmidt, Tobias ^b   Johanson, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,1 Difluoroethane; Experimental exposure; HFC 152a; Human; Inflammatory markers; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIFLUOROETHANE; FLUORIDE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BREATH TESTS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055191126     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.11.028     Document Type: Article

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