Antiandrogenic effects in male rats perinatally exposed to a mixture of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-515

  Jarfelt, Kirsten ^a   Dalgaard, Majken ^a   Hass, Ulla ^a   Borch, Julie ^a   Jacobsen, Helene ^a   Ladefoged, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adipate; Developmental; Endocrine disruption; Histopathology; Phthalate; Semen quality; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)ADIPATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MORTALITY; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; NIPPLE RETENTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 14644435169     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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