Effects of 4-tert-octylphenol given in drinking water for 4 months on the male reproductive system of Fischer 344 rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-51

  Blake, Charles A ^a   Boockfor, Fredric R ^a,c   Nair Menon, Joyce U ^a   Millette, Clarke F ^a   Raychoudhury, Samir S ^b   McCoy, George L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BENEDICT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Epididymis; Octylphenol; Sperm maturation; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Testis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; DRINKING WATER; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0842307059     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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