Changes in the nasal epithelium of rats exposed by inhalation to mixtures of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-218

  Cassee, Flemming R ^a,b   Groten, John P ^a   Feron, Victor J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 85033042101     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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