Cumulative effects of in utero administration of mixtures of reproductive toxicants that disrupt common target tissues via diverse mechanisms of toxicity

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 443-462

  Rider, C V ^a,b   Furr, J R ^a   Wilson, V S ^a   Gray Jr , L E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogens and 2,3,7,8 TCDD; Male reproduction; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANTIANDROGEN; DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; FUNGICIDE; LINURON; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(5 METHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIPENTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER; PROCYMIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN;

AGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HYPOSPADIAS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IMIDAZOLES; LINURON; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OXAZOLES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 77949594465     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.01049.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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