Effects of Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) on male reproductive development in the rat: Implications for human risk assessment

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.1, 2000, Pages

  Foster, P M D ^a   Cattley, R C ^a   Mylchreest, E ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti androgen; Dibutyl; Endocrine disruption; Phthalate; Reproductive development

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034175757     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(99)00128-3     Document Type: Article

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