Figure 4

Food and water consumptions of rats exposed to CD gas. Arrows represent the end of the exposure period and the start of the recovery period. (A); food consumption in males, (B); food consumption in females, (C); water consumption in males, and (D); water consumption in females. Symbols (open square: control; open circle: 0.05 ppm, and closed circle: 0.1 ppm) show the mean of food and water consumptions and the error bars represent standard deviations. The measurement was performed once weekly. The number of rats for calculating the mean ± standard deviations was 16 during the exposure period and 6 during the recovery period. There was no statistically significant difference between the CD gas-exposed group and the control group throughout the study period, irrespective of the CD gas exposure concentration.