SUBACUTE TOXICITY OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AT INTRAGASTRIC AND TRANSDERMAL INTAKE
The ability of petroleum products to initiate cumulative effects has been assessed at intragastric intake in experiments on male albino rats within a month. The analysis of skin-resorptive effects was performed using «test-tube» method on the skin of rats’ tails. It was established that petroleum products could penetrate through the intact skin and cause a general toxic effect at repeated intake. The repeated intragastric administration did not lead to the death of animals that testified the lack of accumulation capacity for petroleum products at the level of functional lethal effects; the cumulation coefficient was >5.1