Adult rats exposed to low-doses of di-n-butyl phthalate during gestation exhibit decreased grooming behavior

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Hoshi, Hideo ^a   Ohtsuka, Teruya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DBP; Grooming; Low dose effect; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BODY WEIGHT; DBP; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; GROOMING; LOW DOSE; LOW-DOSE EFFECT; MALE RATS; MOTOR FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; PREGNANT RAT;

DAMS; ESTERS;

RATS;

PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 67349208010     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9729-1     Document Type: Article

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