Pregnancy loss and eye malformations in offspring of F344 rats following gestational exposure to mixtures of regulated trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-65

  Narotsky, Michael G ^a   Best, Deborah S ^a   McDonald, Anthony ^a   Godin, Elizabeth A ^b   Hunter, E Sidney ^a   Simmons, Jane Ellen ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anophthalmia; Developmental toxicity; Disinfection by products; Haloacetic acids; Mixtures; Pregnancy loss; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BROMOACETIC ACID; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROACETIC ACID; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOACETIC ACID; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; HALOACETIC ACID; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICROPHTHALMIA; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMBRYO LOSS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; HALOGENS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 79551600222     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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