Developmental toxicity evaluation of phthalic acid, one of the metabolites of phthalic acid esters, in rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Ema, Makoto ^a   Miyawaki, Emiko ^a   Harazono, Akira ^a   Kawashima, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Phthalic acid; Phthalic acid esters; Rat; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FETUS MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TERATOGENICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DIET; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX RATIO; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031467419     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(97)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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