Developmental toxicity study of chlorpyrifos in rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-208

  Farag, Amina T ^a   El Okazy, Ahmed M ^b   El Aswed, Ahmed F ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chlorpyrifos; Developmental toxicity; Fetal death; Malformations; Maternal toxicity; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTRODACTYLY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TERATOGENICITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHLORPYRIFOS; EATING; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0037261169     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(02)00121-1     Document Type: Article

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