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Species Differences in the Activation of Benzo[a]pyrene in the Tracheal Epithelium of Rats and Hamsters

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Organ and Species Specificity in Chemical Carcinogenesis

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Model systems have been developed to study bronchogenic carcinoma in laboratory animals in order to better understand the pathogenesis and etiology of this disease in humans (1). By extrapolating the characteristics of experimental models for respiratory carcinogenesis, some risk factors for human lung cancer may ultimately be elucidated.

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  1. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, USA

    Marc J. Mass & David G. Kaufman

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Mass, M.J., Kaufman, D.G. (1983). Species Differences in the Activation of Benzo[a]pyrene in the Tracheal Epithelium of Rats and Hamsters. In: Langenbach, R., Nesnow, S., Rice, J.M. (eds) Organ and Species Specificity in Chemical Carcinogenesis. Basic Life Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4400-1_18

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