Carcinogenicity and chronic toxicity of di-2-ethylhexyl terephthalate (DEHT) following a 2-year dietary exposure in Fischer 344 rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 990-1005

  Deyo, James A ^a  

^a EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Chronic toxicity; DEHT; Di 2 ethylhexyl terephthalate; Dietary; Rat

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 38649085963     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.10.037     Document Type: Article

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