Subacute Inhalation Toxicity of Mineral Oils, C15-C2o Alkylbenzenes, and Polybutene in Male Rats K N U T SKYBERG, 1 VIDAR SKAUG, BJORN GYLSETH, JACK R . PEDERSEN, AND OLAV HILMAR IVERSEN*
National Institute of Occupational Health, PB 8149 DEP, N-0033 OSLO 1, Norway; and *Institute of Pathology, University of Oslo, Norway Received December 12, 1989 Male Wistar rats were exposed to mist and vapor of two mineral oils, two C~y-C~o alkylbenzenes, and one polybutene at aerosol concentrations of 70 mg - m -3 and 700 mg • m -3 for 2 weeks. Of oil mist particles, 82-97 wt% were respirable (
Subacute inhalation toxicity of mineral oils, C15-C20 alkylbenzenes, and polybutene in male rats.
Male Wistar rats were exposed to mist and vapor of two mineral oils, two C15-C20 alkylbenzenes, and one polybutene at aerosol concentrations of 70 mg...