Abnormalities of sexual development in male rats with in utero and lactational exposure to the antiandrogenic plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-237

  Moore, Robert W ^a   Rudy, Thomas A ^a   Lin, Tien Min ^a   Ko, Kinarm ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogens; Di(2 ethylhexyl) phthalate; In utero exposure; Lactational exposure; Male reproductive system development; Masculine sexual behaviors; Reproductive organ agenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CORN OIL; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ADULTHOOD; AGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMIS; JUVENILE; LACTATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS GLANS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; GLANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035045792     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109229     Document Type: Article

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