Maternal exposure to the mixture of organophosphorus pesticides induces reproductive dysfunction in the offspring

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 507-515

  Yu, Yan ^a   Yang, Aimin ^a   Zhang, Jinghua ^a   Hu, Senke ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mixture of organophosphorus pesticides; Perinatal exposure; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION LEVELS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; ORGANOPHOS-PHORUS PESTICIDES; PERINATAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITIES;

MIXTURES; PESTICIDES; RATS; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

GESTAGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGRICULTURE; BIRTH RATE; FOOD; MALATHION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PESTICIDE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; UTERUS;

MIXTURE OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES; PERINATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DICHLORVOS; DIMETHOATE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYPERPLASIA; MALATHION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; UTERUS;

MOPS; RATTUS;

EID: 84883054712     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20741     Document Type: Article

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