A one-generation reproductive toxicity study of ethyl tertiary butyl ether in rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 414-421

  Fujii, Sakiko ^a   Yabe, Kaoru ^a   Furukawa, Masatoshi ^a   Matsuura, Masao ^a   Aoyama, Hiroaki ^b  

^a Safety Research Institute for Chemical Compounds Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental landmarks; Ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE); Fertility; One generation; Rat; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SALIVATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHYL ETHERS; FEMALE; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77956437056     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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