Toxicologic and immunologic effects of perinatal exposure to the brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) mixture DE-71 in the Sprague-Dawley rat

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 215-228

  Bondy, Genevieve S ^a   Lefebvre, David E ^a   Aziz, Syed ^a   Cherry, Wendy ^a   Coady, Laurie ^a   Maclellan, Ellen ^a   Armstrong, Cheryl ^a   Barker, Michael ^a   Cooke, Gerard ^a   Gaertner, Dean ^a   Arnold, Doug L ^a   Mehta, Rekha ^a   Rowsell, Paul R ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDE; Brominated diphenyl ether; DE 71; Development; Immune; Rat; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BDE; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; DE-71; DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNE; TOXICOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FLUIDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

RATS;

KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROXINE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ETHER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LACTATION; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK; ORGAN SIZE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SPLEEN; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEANING;

RATTUS;

EID: 84875054091     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20713     Document Type: Article

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