Further evaluation of developmental toxicity of di-n-butyl phthalate following administration during late pregnancy in rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 87-93

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Developmental toxicity; Dibutyl phthalate; Phthalic acid ester; Rat; Reproductive tract malformation

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FETOTOXICITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FETUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0032168185     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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