The September-October 1989 flank eruption at Mt. Etna marked a change in the recent eruptive style of the volcano. Seismicity, at mid (order of months) and short (order of days) time, preceding the eruption onset has been analysed by means of D (time fractal dimension), and of materials science equation. The behaviour of the upper and lower crust volumes has been investigated, by considering sh...

Methyl-n-amylnitrosamine (MNAN) induces esophageal cancer in rats, probably involving activation by cytochromes P450. We studied the metabolic depentylation of MNAN. [H-4,5-pentyl]MNAN and [H-2,3-pentyl]MNAN were synthesized, purified, and incubated with rat esophageal microsomes (REM) or rat liver microsomes (RLM) to give [H]pentaldehyde (depentylation), an indicator of MNAN activation. [H]Pen...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the toxicokinetics and metabolism of pseudocumene after inhalation exposure. Male Wistar rats were exposed to pseudocumene vapors at nominal concentrations of 25,100 or 250 ppm in the dynamic inhalation chambers for 6 h. Blood samples were collected during (between 1st and 6th h) and after exposure (betwen 6th min and 6th h). Blood concentrations of p...

this survey aimed to evaluate the level of lead (pb) pollution in cattle in the vicinity of the shiraz oil and petrochemical industries using hair samples. dairy farms located within 10 km of the shiraz oil and petrochemical industries were identified and divided into four groups. farms that were located in the radial zones of 0.5-1.5 km, 1.5-5 km, 5-7 km, 7-10.5 km were considered as groups a,...