Developmental exposure to low-dose PBDE-99: Effects on male fertility and neurobehavior in rat offspring

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Kuriyama, Sergio N ^a   Talsness, Chris E ^a   Grote, Konstanze ^a   Chahoud, Ibrahim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Endocrine active compounds; In utero exposure; Lowdose effects; Male fertility; Neurobehavior; PBDE 99

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPERACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 14744274118     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7421     Document Type: Article

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