Arrhenius thermodynamics and birth defects: Chemical teratogen synergy. Untested, testable, and projected relevance

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-60

  Miller, Morton W ^a   Church, Charles C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhenius; Birth defects; Chemical synergy; Hyperthermia; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BORIC ACID; LEAD ACETATE; RETINOL; THALIDOMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARRHENIUS THERMODYNAMICS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FEVER; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXENCEPHALY; EYE MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; MEASLES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF MEDICATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS; THERMODYNAMICS; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878462187     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21025     Document Type: Review

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