Repeated dose and reproductive/developmental toxicity of perfluorooctadecanoic acid in rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-79

  Hirata Koizumi, Mutsuko ^a   Fujii, Sakiko ^b   Furukawa, Masatoshi ^b   Ono, Atsushi ^a   Hirose, Akihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Safety Research Institute for Chemical Compounds Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Perfluorooctadecanoic acid; Rat; Repeated dose toxicity; Reproductive and developmental toxicity; Screening test

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; PERFLUOROOCTADECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOGEN GRANULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CENTRILOBULAR HYPERTROPHY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATION; LIVE BIRTH; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NECROSIS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856824680     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.63     Document Type: Article

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