Gestational exposure to chlorpyrifos: Apparent protection of the fetus?

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-65

  Lassiter, T L ^a,b   Padilla, S ^b   Mortensen, S R ^b,c   Chanda, S M ^a,b   Moser, V C ^b   Barone Jr , S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxylesterase; Chlorpyrifos; Chlorpyrifos oxonase; Cholinesterase inhibition; Gestational exposure; Time course

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0031765725     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8514     Document Type: Article

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