An updated weight of the evidence evaluation of reproductive and developmental effects of low doses of bisphenol A

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 387-457

  Goodman, Julie ^a   McConnell, Ernest ^b   Sipes, I ^c   Witorsch, Raphael ^d   Slayton, Tracey ^a   Yu, Carrie ^a   Lewis, Ari ^a   Rhomberg, Lorenz ^a  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

^b ToxPath Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Endocrine Disruptor; Human Exposure; Low Dose

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIRST PASS EFFECT; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PENIS; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; UTERUS; VAGINA; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PHENOLS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745182884     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440600758317     Document Type: Review

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