Interpretation of studies on the developmental reproductive toxicology of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in male offspring

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1439-1447

  Bell, David R ^a,g   Clode, Sally ^b   Fan, Ming Qi ^a   Fernandes, Alwyn ^c   Foster, Paul M D ^d   Jiang, Tao ^a   Loizou, George ^e   MacNicoll, Alan ^c   Miller, Brian G ^f   Rose, Martin ^c   Tran, Lang ^f   White, Shaun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Developmental; Dioxin; Reproductive; Spermatogenesis; TCDD; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 77952882102     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.04.005     Document Type: Review

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