A Physiologically Based Approach To the Study of Bisphenol a and Other Estrogenic Chemicals On the Size of Reproductive Organs, Daily Sperm Production, and Behavior

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-260

  Vom Saal, Frederick S ^a   Cooke, Paul S ^b   Buchanan, David L ^b   Palanza, Paola ^c   Thayer, Kristina A ^a   Nagel, Susan C ^a   Parmigiani, Stefano ^c   Welshons, Wade V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bisphenol A; developmental toxicology; dose response; octylphenol

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPUTIAL GLAND; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031973887     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379801400115     Document Type: Article

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