Oral p-tert-octylphenol exposures induce minimal toxic or estrogenic effects in adult female sprague-dawley rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 607-622

  Sahambi, Sukhdeep K ^a   Pelland, Amélie ^b   Cooke, Gerard M ^b   Schrader, Timothy ^b   Tardif, Robert ^c   Charbonneau, Michel ^a   Krishnan, Kannan ^c   Haddad, Sami ^d   Cyr, Daniel G ^a   Devine, Patrick J ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; P TERT OCTYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT;

RATTUS;

EID: 77951224770     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903566682     Document Type: Article

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