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1,3-butadiene: cancer, mutations, and adducts. Part I: Carcinogenicity of 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane.
Research report (Health Effects Institute) - 1 Mar 2000
Henderson R F, Barr E B, Belinsky S A, Benson J M, Hahn F F, Ménache M G
Abstract excerpt
Reports in the literature suggest that one reason for the greater sensitivity of mice to the carcinogenicity of 1,3-butadiene (BD) is that exposed mice metabolize much more of the BD to 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane (BDO2) than do exposed rats. The purpose of this study was to determine the tumorigenicity of BDO2 in rats and in mice exposed to the same concentration of the agent. Female B6C3F1 mice and Sprague-Dawley...
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