Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and model-derived risks for neurobehavioral effects in offspring from a one-generation reproduction study

Toxicology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 155-157

  Strain, George M ^a   Banasik, Marek ^b   Hardy, Marcia ^c   Stedeford, Todd ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c Albemarle Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; COGNITION; DISEASE MODEL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; MALE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 67349169795     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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