Mode of action: Inhibition of androgen receptor function - Vinclozolin-induced malformations in reproductive development

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 721-726

  Kavlock, Robert ^a   Cummings, Audrey ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth Defects; Flutamide; Human Relevance; Reproductive Toxicity; Testosterone; TRPM 3

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; VINCLOZOLIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; OXAZOLES; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 28144462880     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440591007377     Document Type: Article

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