The bisphenol A experience: A primer for the analysis of environmental effects on mammalian reproduction

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 807-813

  Hunt, Patricia A ^a   Susiarjo, Martha ^a,c   Rubio, Carmen ^b   Hassold, Terry J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Bisphenol A; BPA; Diet; Endocrine disruptors; Meiosis; Oocyte; Phytoestrogens; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73349119398     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077008     Document Type: Short Survey

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