Differential prenatal toxicity of branched phthalate esters in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-512

  Hellwig, J ^a   Freudenberger, H ^a   Jackh R ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTERS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030945599     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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