Evaluation of the reproductive and developmental toxicity of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in rats

Toxicology

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-16

  O'Connor, John C ^a   Munley, Susan M ^a   Serex, Tessa L ^a   Buck, Robert C ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol; Developmental toxicity; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

6:2 FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

6:2 FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCTANOLS; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84893457541     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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