A dose response study to assess effects after dietary administration of diisononyl phthalate (DINP) in gestation and lactation on male rat sexual development

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-80

  Clewell, Rebecca A ^a   Thomas, Allen ^a   Willson, Gabrielle ^b   Creasy, Dianne M ^c   Andersen, Melvin E ^a  

^a HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^c Huntingdon Life Sciences New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; DiNP; Phthalate; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIISONONYL ESTER; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871921480     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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