Adverse effects on development of the reproductive system in male offspring of rats given monobutyl phthalate, a metabolite of dibutyl phthalate, during late pregnancy

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-194

  Ema, Makoto ^a   Miyawaki, Emiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Antiandrogenic effect; Developmental toxicity; Dibutyl phthalate; Male reproductive system; Maternal exposure; Monobutyl phthalate; Rat; Undescended testes

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DOSE RESPONSE; EATING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035027634     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(01)00111-3     Document Type: Article

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