An inhalation reproductive toxicity study of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) in female rats using multiple and single day exposure regimens

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-201

  Meeks, Robert G ^a   Stump, Donald G ^b   Siddiqui, Waheed H ^a   Holson, Joseph F ^b   Plotzke, Kathleen P ^a   Reynolds, Vincent L ^c  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^b WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

D4; Hormone; Inhalation; LH surge; Luteinizing; Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane; Rat; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GESTATION PERIOD; LITTER SIZE; MATING; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION, DELAYED; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SILOXANES; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846794774     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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