Subchronic oral toxicity of di-n-octyl phthalate and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in the rat

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-239

  Poon, R ^a   Lecavalier, P ^a   Mueller, R ^a   Valli, V E ^b   Procter, B G ^c   Chu, I ^a  

^a Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Canada Bio Research Laboratoires Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLOBULIN; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF PEROXISOMAL FUNCTIONS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HEPATOMEGALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; THYROID FOLLICLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030989774     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(96)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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