Reproductive and developmental toxicity screening study of 2,4-dinitrophenol in rats

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-81

  Takahashi, Mika ^a   Sunaga, Masao ^b   Hirata Koizumi, Mutsuko ^a   Hirose, Akihiko ^a   Kamata, Eiichi ^a   Ema, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Safety Research Institute for Chemical Compounds Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,4 dinitrophenol; Rat; Reproductive developmental toxicity

Indexed keywords

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; BODY WEIGHTS; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITIES; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE/DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; RATS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TOXICITY;

PHENOLS;

2,4 DINITROPHENOL;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY MASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; LACTATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHENOL; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RODENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 60349086437     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20398     Document Type: Article

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