Neurobehavioral toxicity of a repeated exposure (14 days) to the airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fluorene in adult Wistar male rats.

Fluorene is one of the most abundant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air and may contribute to the neurobehavioral alterations induced by the environmental exposure of humans to PAHs. Since no data are available on fluorene neurotoxicity, this study was conducted in adult rats to assess the beha...

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Main Authors: Julie Peiffer, Frédéric Cosnier, Nathalie Grova, Hervé Nunge, Guillaume Salquèbre, Marie-Josèphe Decret, Benoît Cossec, Guido Rychen, Brice M R Appenzeller, Henri Schroeder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3748071?pdf=render