Nasal epithelial lesions in F344 rats following a 90-day inhalation exposure to naphthalene

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-79

  Dodd, Darol E ^a   Wong, Brian A ^a   Gross, Elizabeth A ^a   Miller, Rodney A ^b  

^a HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Experimental Pathology Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

90 day inhalation; F344 rats; Naphthalene; Nasal cavity histopathology

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; EPITHELIZATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NASAL EPITHELIAL LESION; NONHUMAN; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYMUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; NASAL MUCOSA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBCHRONIC;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862776677     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.636086     Document Type: Article

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