Endocrine effects of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in a one-generation reproduction study in Wistar rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-62

  van der Ven, Leo T M ^a   van de Kuil, Ton ^a   Leonards, Pim E G ^b   Slob, Wout ^a,c   Lilienthal, Hellmuth ^d   Litens, Sabina ^e   Herlin, Maria ^e   Håkansson, Helen ^e   Cantón, Rocío F ^c   van den Berg, Martin ^c   Visser, Theo J ^f   van Loveren, Henk ^a   Vos, Josephus G ^a   Piersma, Aldert H ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Development; Endocrine disruption; Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); Rats; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CATALEPSY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LACTATION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TESTIS WEIGHT; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WEANING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RETINOIDS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58349112311     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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