An assessment of the potential developmental and reproductive toxicity of di-isoheptyl phthalate in rodents

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-252

  McKee, Richard H ^a   Pavkov, Kenneth L ^a   Trimmer, Gary W ^a   Keller, Laura H ^a   Stump, Donald G ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Di isoheptyl phthalate; DIHP; Phthalate; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(5 METHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FATALITY; ECTOPIC TESTIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS DISEASE; UTERUS WEIGHT; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33644520283     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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