Impact of chemical proportions on the acute neurotoxicity of a mixture of seven carbamates in preweanling and adult rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-134

  Moser, Virginia C ^a   Padilla, Stephanie ^a   Simmons, Jane Ellen ^a   Haber, Lynne T ^b   Hertzberg, Richard C ^c  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (Georgia)

^b Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment   (United States)

^c Biomathematics Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Behavior; Carbaryl; Carbofuran; Cholinesterase; Dose additivity; Formetanate; Methiocarb; Methomyl; Oxamyl; Pesticide mixture; Propoxur; Rat.

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; FORMETANATE; METHIOCARB; METHOMYL; OXAMYL; PROPOXUR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBAMATES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84865786453     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs190     Document Type: Article

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