Inhalation developmental neurotoxicity study of ethylbenzene in Crl-CD rats

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-48

  Faber, Willem D ^a,h   Roberts, Linda S G ^b   Stump, Donald G ^c   Beck, Melissa ^c   Kirkpatrick, Dan ^c   Regan, Karen S ^d   Tort, Maria ^e   Moran, Elizabeth ^f   Banton, Marcy ^g  

^a WFTC LLC   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Regan Pathology/Toxicology Services   (United States)

^e CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP   (United States)

^f AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL   (United States)

^g LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^h WFTC   (United States)

Author keywords

Crl:CD rats; Ethylbenzene; Neurobehavioral development

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; MALE; MATING; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STARTLE REFLEX; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; STARTLE REACTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847185907     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20101     Document Type: Article

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