Effects of in utero exposure to di-n-hexyl phthalate on the reproductive development of the male rat

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-476

  Saillenfait, Anne Marie ^a   Sabaté, Jean Philippe ^a   Gallissot, Frédéric ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anti androgen; Di n hexyl phthalate; In utero exposure; Male; Phthalic acid ester; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIHEXYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPOSPADIAS; LACTATION; MALE; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 70350214965     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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