Estrogenicity of parabens revisited: Impact of parabens on early pregnancy and an uterotrophic assay in mice

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-31

  Shaw, Jordan ^a   deCatanzaro, Denys ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butylparaben; Estrogens; Implantation; Parabens; Pregnancy; Propylparaben; Uterotrophic assay; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BUTYL PARABEN; ESTRADIOL; PROPYL PARABEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LITTER SIZE; MARE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUP (RODENT); STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOGENICITY; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GESTATIONAL AGE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LITTER SIZE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PARABENS; PREGNANCY; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 67349158795     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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