Developmental toxicity of mono-n-benzyl phthalate, one of the major metabolites of the plasticizer n-butyl benzyl phthalate, in rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Ema, Makoto ^a   Harazono, Akira ^a   Miyawaki, Emiko ^a   Ogawa, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butyl benzyl phthalate; Developmental toxicity; Mono n benzyl phthalate; Rat; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0029970977     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03665-X     Document Type: Article

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