The effect on sperm production in adult Sprague-Dawley rats exposed by gavage to bisphenol A between postnatal days 91-97

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-138

  Ashby, John ^a   Tinwell, H ^a   Lefevre, P A ^a   Joiner, R ^b   Haseman, J ^c  

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

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Sperm production; Testis

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL;

AGE; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROBABILITY; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038493955     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfg093     Document Type: Review

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