Perturbation of male sexual behavior in mice (Mus musculus) within a discrete range of perinatal bisphenol-A doses in the context of a high- or low-phytoestrogen diet

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-171

  DeCatanzaro, Denys ^a   Berger, Robert G ^a   Guzzo, Adam C ^a   Thorpe, Joelle B ^a   Khan, Ayesha ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti androgen; Bisphenol A; BPA; Male sexual behavior; Perinatal; Phytoestrogens

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EJACULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; MALE; MICE; PHENOLS; PHYTOESTROGENS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84873256941     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.12.046     Document Type: Article

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