Effects of prenatal exposure to a low dose atrazine metabolite mixture on pubertal timing and prostate development of male Long-Evans rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 540-549

  Stanko, Jason P ^a   Enoch, Rolondo R ^c   Rayner, Jennifer L ^d   Davis, Christine C ^b   Wolf, Douglas C ^b   Malarkey, David E ^e   Fenton, Suzanne E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Atrazine; Development; Inflammation; Metabolites; Mixture; Prostate; Puberty; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DIAMINOCHLOROTRIAZINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; HERBICIDE; HYDROXYATRAZINE; PROLACTIN; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR PITUITARY WEIGHT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LATERAL PROSTATE WEIGHT; LITTER SIZE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; METABOLITE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLASMA CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPUCE; PREPUTIAL SEPARATION; PROGENY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATITIS; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE WEIGHT; TESTIS WEIGHT; VENTRAL PROSTATE WEIGHT;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FORESKIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERBICIDES; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL MATURATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 78649458961     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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