Assessment of the developmental toxicity, metabolism, and placental transfer of Di-n-butyl phthalate administered to pregnant rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 212-224

  Saillenfait, A M ^a   Payan, J P ^a   Fabry, J P ^a   Beydon, D ^a   Langonne, I ^a   Gallissot, F ^a   Sabate, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FETUS GROWTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERTOLI CELL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031768462     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2518     Document Type: Article

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