Normal sexual development of rats exposed to butyl benzyl phthalate from conception to weaning

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 I, 1997, Pages 102-118

  Ashby, J ^a   Tinwell, H ^a   Lefevre, P A ^a   Odum, J ^a   Paton, D ^a   Millward, S W ^a   Tittensor, S ^a   Brooks, A N ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; LACTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEANING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030764138     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1997.1159     Document Type: Article

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