Maternal and developmental toxicity of halogenated 4'-nitrodiphenyl ethers in mice

Teratology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-80

  Francis, B Magnus ^a   Metcalf, Robert L ^a   Lewis, Phillip A ^a   Chernoff, Neil ^b  

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

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER; HERBICIDE; NITROFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; HARDERIAN GLAND; HERBICIDES; LIVER; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANCY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033060069     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199902)59:2<69::AID-TERA1>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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