OECD validation of the Hershberger assay in Japan: Phase 3. Blind study using coded chemicals

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-129

  Yamasaki, Kanji ^a   Ohta, Ryo ^b   Okuda, Hirokazu ^c  

^a CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Japan Bioassay Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blind study; Endocrine; Hershberger assay; OECD validation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HERSHBERGER ASSAY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; JAPAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SEMINAL VESICLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN UNION; GENITALIA, MALE; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; JAPAN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; GLANS;

EID: 33644953089     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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