Interactive effects of vinclozolin and testosterone propionate on pregnancy and sexual differentiation of the male and female SD rat

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-143

  Wolf, Cynthia J ^a,b   LeBlanc, Gerald A ^b   Gray Jr , L Earl ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Antiandrogen; Cumulative risk; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC TESTIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROMETROCOLPOS; INCIDENCE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROSTATE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINA APLASIA; VIRILIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; FETUS; GENITALIA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXAZOLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TERATOGENS; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1542476891     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh018     Document Type: Article

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