Immunologic and endocrine effects of the flame-retardant pentabromodiphenyl ether (DE-71) in C57BL/6J mice

Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 49-61

  Fowles, Jeff R ^a   Fairbrother, Anne ^b   Baecher Steppan, Linda ^a   Kerkvliet, Nancy I ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Corticosterone; Immunotoxicity; Natural killer cell; Pentabromodiphenyl ether; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FLAME RETARDANT; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2B1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSOMES, LIVER; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENYL ETHERS; SHEEP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THYROXINE;

EID: 0028158270     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(94)90052-3     Document Type: Article

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