Increasing the sensitivity of the rodent uterotrophic assay to estrogens, with particular reference to bisphenol A

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1091-1094

  Ashby, John ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Lactoferin; No effect level; NOEL; Surrogates for the uterotrophic assay

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA MICROARRAY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GRAVIMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035195328     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.011091091     Document Type: Article

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