The importance of appropriate controls, animal feed, and animal models in interpreting results from low-dose studies of bisphenol A

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 140-145

  Vom Saal, Frederick S ^a   Richter, Catherine A ^a   Ruhlen, Rachel R ^a   Nagel, Susan C ^a   Timms, Barry G ^b   Welshons, Wade V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupters; Estrogen; Fetal development; Prostate

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSTATE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RESEARCH DESIGN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 16444367417     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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