Gestational exposure to nonylphenol causes precocious mammary gland development in female rat offspring

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-344

  Moon, Hyun Ju ^a   Han, Soon Young ^a   Shin, Jae Ho ^a   Kang, Il Hyun ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Hong, Jin Hwan ^a   Kim, Seung Hee ^a   Fenton, Suzanne E ^b  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

4 Nonylphenol (NP); Atrazine; Endocrine disruptor; Hormone receptor; In utero exposure; Mammary gland; Rat

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NONYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248383664     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18055     Document Type: Article

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