Effect of oral intake of dibutyl phthalate on reproductive parameters of Long Evans rats and pre-pubertal development of their offspring

Toxicology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 131-137

  Salazar, Veronica ^a   Castillo, Carmen ^a   Ariznavarreta, Carmen ^a   Campón, Rocío ^a   Tresguerres, Jesús A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antiandrogenic effect; di n butyl phthlate (DBP); Embryonic loss; Male reproductive tract malformation; Maternal exposure; Rat

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS; THYMUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 5344273903     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.06.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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