Two-generation reproductive toxicity study in inhaled tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME) vapor in CD® rats

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 397-410

  Tyl, R W ^a   Myers, C B ^a   Marr, M C ^a   Fail, P A ^a   Seely, J C ^b   Elswick, B ^c   James, A ^c   Welsch, F ^c,d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b PATHCO Inc   (United States)

^c CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Orbitox   (United States)

Author keywords

CAS no. 994 05 8; CD (Sprague Dawley) rats; Offspring toxicity; Reproductive toxicity; Systemic toxicity; Tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME); Whole body inhalation

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXY 2 METHYLBUTANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; LACTATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAPOR; WEANING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYL ETHERS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344512381     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.928     Document Type: Article

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