Environmental hormone disruptors: Evidence that vinclozolin developmental toxicity is mediated by antiandrogenic metabolites

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 276-285

  Kelce, William R ^a   Monosson, Emily ^b   Gamcsik, Michael P ^c   Laws, Susan C ^d   Gray, L Earl ^d  

^a ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 [[(3,5 DICHLOROPHENYL)CARBAMOYL]OXY] 2 METHYL 3 BUTENOIC ACID; 3',5' DICHLORO 2 HYDROXY 2 METHYL 3 BUTENANILIDE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; DRUG METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; OXAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0028228821     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1994.1117     Document Type: Article

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