Organotins: A review of their reproductive toxicity, biochemistry, and environmental fate

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-52

  Graceli, Jones Bernardes ^a   Sena, Gabriela Cavati ^a   Lopes, Pedro Francisco Iguatemy ^a   Zamprogno, Gabriela Carvalho ^a   da Costa, Mércia Barcellos ^a   Godoi, Ana Flavia Locateli ^b   dos Santos, Dayana Moscardi ^c   de Marchi, Mary Rosa Rodrigues ^d   dos Santos Fernandez, Marcos Antonio ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Environmental fate; Obesogens; Organotins; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIORGANOTIN DERIVATIVE; TRIPHENYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IMPOTENCE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DISINFECTANTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTOXINS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OBESITY; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871914112     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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