Prenatal developmental toxicity studies on di-n-heptyl and di-n-octyl phthalates in Sprague-Dawley rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-276

  Saillenfait, Anne Marie ^a   Roudot, Alain Claude ^b   Gallissot, Frédéric ^a   Sabaté, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Di n heptyl phthalate; Di n octyl phthalate; Embryotoxicity; Phthalate; Rat

Indexed keywords

DI N HEPTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RIBS;

RATTUS;

EID: 80755189926     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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