Triclosan exposure reduces thyroxine levels in pregnant and lactating rat dams and in directly exposed offspring

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 534-540

  Axelstad, Marta ^a   Boberg, Julie ^a   Vinggaard, Anne Marie ^a   Christiansen, Sofie ^a   Hass, Ulla ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Developmental; Rat; Thyroid disrupting chemical (TDC); Thyroxine (T4); Triclosan

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE; TRICLOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALE; MARE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROSTATE WEIGHT; PUP (RODENT); RISK FACTOR; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREND STUDY;

DEVELOPMENTAL; RAT; THYROID DISRUPTING CHEMICAL (TDC); THYROXINE (T(4)); TRICLOSAN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 84880754901     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.06.050     Document Type: Article

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