Results of the negative control chemical allyl alcohol in the 15-day intact adult male rat screening assay for endocrine activity

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-122

  O'Connor, John C ^a   Marty, M Sue ^b   Becker, Richard A ^c   Snajdr, Suzanne ^a   Kaplan, A Michael ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allyl alcohol; Endocrine screening; Hormones

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; TARGET ORGAN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; HORMONES; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROPANOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND;

RATTUS;

EID: 43049101095     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20152     Document Type: Article

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