## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6‐tetrachloroisophthalonitril), the nephrotoxic fungicide, was examined for its potential to produce developmental toxicity in mice after oral administration. **METHODS:** Pregnant ICR (CD‐1) mice were given sublethal doses of 0 (corn oil), 100, 400
Embryotoxicity of betel nuts in mice
✍ Scribed by Anuradha Sinha; A. Ramesha Rao
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 774 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-483X
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