In Utero exposure to antiandrogens alters the responsiveness of the prostate to p,p'-DDE in adult rats and may induce prostatic inflammation

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 258-266

  You, Li ^a   Brenneman, Karrie A ^a   Heck, Henry D'A ^a  

^a Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogens; DDE; Endocrine toxicity; Prostate; Prostatitis; Rat; Reproductive development

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANTIANDROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033572852     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8804     Document Type: Article

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