Cumulative effects of in utero administration of mixtures of "antiandrogens" on male rat reproductive development

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-113

  Rider, Cynthia V ^a,b   Wilson, Vickie S ^a   Howdeshell, Kembra L ^a   Hotchkiss, Andrew K ^a,b,c   Furr, Johnathan R ^a   Lambright, Christy R ^a   Gray Jr , L Earl ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupters; Male reproduction; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

LINURON; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PROCHLORAZ; PROCYMIDONE; VINCLOZOLIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; BICYCLO COMPOUND; FUNGICIDE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL AGENESIS; HYPOSPADIAS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

RATTUS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OXAZOLES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 62749155762     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623308329478     Document Type: Review

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