Developmental toxicity evaluation of butylparaben in Sprague-Dawley rats

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-302

  Daston, George P ^a,b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butylparaben; Sprague Oawley rats; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BUTYL PARABEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SKELETON MALFORMATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; PARABENS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 4444338859     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20016     Document Type: Article

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