Disruption of reproductive development in male rat offspring following in utero exposure to phthalate esters

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-147

  Foster, Paul M D ^a,b   Gray, E ^b   Leffers, H ^b   Skakkebaek N E ^b  

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

^b NIEHS ^*

Author keywords

Androgen mediated; Cryptorchidism; Development; Di (2 ethylhexyl) phthalate; Di n butyl phthalate; Endocrine disruption; Hypospadias; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HYPOSPADIAS; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RODENT; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; ESTERS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS;

EID: 33645220588     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00563.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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