Mode of action: Impaired fetal leydig cell function - Effects on male reproductive development produced by certain phthalate esters

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 713-719

  Foster, Paul M D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Di n Butyl Phthalate; Endocrine Disruptors; Human Relevance; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CARCINOGEN; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERATOGENS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 28144437574     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440591007395     Document Type: Article

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