Neonatal exposure to di(n-butyl) phthalate (DBP) alters male reproductive-tract development

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 2045-2060

  Hyung, Sik Kim ^a   Tae, Sung Kim ^b   Shin, Jae Ho ^b   Hyun, Ju Moon ^b   Il, Hyun Kang ^b   In, Young Kim ^b   Ji, Young Oh ^b   Soon, Young Han ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CORN OIL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8444221615     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490514859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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