Disulfide Oil Hazard Assessment Using Categorical Analysis and a Mode of Action Determination

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 181S-198S

  Morgott, David ^a   Lewis, Christopher ^b   Bootman, James ^b   Banton, Marcy ^c  

^a Pennsport Consulting   (United States)

^b Bootman Chemical Safety Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c LyondellBasell   (United States)

Author keywords

CAS 68955 96 4; category approach; disulfide oil; mode of action; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIPHENYL DISULFIDE; DISULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAS# 68955-96-4; CATEGORY APPROACH; DISULFIDE OIL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; MALE; MODE OF ACTION; MUTAGEN TESTING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

CAS# 68955-96-4; CATEGORY APPROACH; DISULFIDE OIL; MODE OF ACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RATS; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 84907818568     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091581813504227     Document Type: Article

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