Lifelong exposure to di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate induces tumors in liver and testes of Sprague-Dawley rats

Toxicology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-371

  Voss, Cristina ^a   Zerban, Heide ^a   Bannasch, Peter ^a   Berger, Martin R ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEHP; Di (2 ethylhexyl) phthalate; Epigenetic carcinogenicity; Leydig cell tumors of the testes; Lifelong exposure; Rat liver; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BLADDER TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; EAR TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTESTINE TUMOR; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; LIFESPAN; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TUMOR; SPLEEN TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR; THYROID TUMOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PLASTICIZERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10044252197     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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