Cardiopulmonary Effects in Awake Rats Four and Six Months after Exposure to Methyl Isocyanate
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Cardiopulmonary effects in awake rats four and six months after exposure to methyl isocyanate.
Cardiopulmonary function was assessed four and six months after Fischer 344 rats were exposed to 2 hr to 0, 3, or 10 ppm methyl isocyanate (MIC). During assessment, the rats were challenged with 4 and 8% carbon dioxide (CO2) to stimulate ventilatory drive. Minute ventilation (VE) during CO2 challenge was increased in MIC-treated rats compared to controls when examined 4 months after exposure to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3430281