Evaluation of the chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-220

  Klaunig, James E ^a   Shinohara, Motoki ^b   Iwai, Hiroyuki ^c   Chengelis, Christopher P ^d   Kirkpatrick, Jeannie B ^d   Wang, Zemin ^a   Bruner, Richard H ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^c DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Research Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

fluorocompounds; perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA); rat chronic exposure

Indexed keywords

HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARCINOGEN; FLUOROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; EYE DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPROATES; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; EATING; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924704105     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623314530532     Document Type: Article

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