Effect of prenatal exposure to bisphenol A on the serum testosterone concentration of rats at birth

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 369-373

  Tanaka, Masami ^a,b,e   Nakaya, S ^b   Katayama, M ^c   Leffers, H ^d,e   Nozawa, S ^b,e   Nakazawa, R ^b   Iwamoto, T ^b,e   Kobayashi, S ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; in utero; Male rat; Neonatal rat; Prenatal period; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33746546294     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327106ht638oa     Document Type: Article

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