Two-generation reproduction toxicity study in rats with 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p′-DDT)

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-114

  Hojo, Hitoshi ^a   Aoyama, Hiroaki ^a   Takahashi, Ken L ^a   Shimizu, Naoko ^a   Araki, Masayuki ^a   Takizawa, Yoshio ^a   Sakasai, Koji ^a   Kuwahara, Maki ^a   Saka, Machiko ^a   Teramoto, Shoji ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DDT; Endocrine disruption; Estrogenic potential; Pesticide; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION; TREMOR;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DDT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646729048     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2006.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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