General, reproductive, developmental, and endocrine toxicity of boronated compounds

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-18

  Fail, Patricia A ^a   Chapin, Robert E ^b   Price, Catherine J ^a   Heindel, Jerrold J ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borate; Boric acid; Developmental; Endocrine; Reproductive; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MINERAL METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031987274     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(97)00095-6     Document Type: Review

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