Bisphenol A: Developmental toxicity from early prenatal exposure

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 441-466

  Golub, Mari S ^a   Wu, Katherine Lily ^a   Kaufman, Farla L ^a   Li, Ling Hong ^a   Moran Messen, Francisco ^a   Zeise, Lauren ^a   Alexeeff, George V ^a   Donald, James M ^a  

^a Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bisphenol A; Brain; Development; Embryo; Fetus; Immunotoxicity; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; OXYBENZONE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; TRICLOSAN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LITTER SIZE; LIVE BIRTH; MATING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STILLBIRTH; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 78650188311     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20275     Document Type: Review

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