Functional and morphological reproductive aspects in male rats exposed to di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) in utero and during lactation

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

Volumn 73, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 972-984

  Scarano, Wellerson R ^a   Toledo, Fabíola C ^b   Guerra, Marina T ^b   Pinheiro, Patrícia F F ^a   Domeniconi, Raquel F ^c   Felisbino, Sérgio L ^a   Campos, Silvana G P ^a   Taboga, Sebastião R ^a   Kempinas, Wilma G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FAMEMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AQUAPORIN 9; DI BUTYL PHTHALATE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PHTHALIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE INFERTILITY; SUCKLING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77955286617     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287391003751760     Document Type: Article

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