Effects of in utero di-butyl phthalate and butyl benzyl phthalate exposure on offspring development and male reproduction of rat

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3156-3165

  Ahmad, Rahish ^a   Gautam, A K ^a   Verma, Y ^a   Sedha, S ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Butyl benzyl phthalate; Di n butyl phthalate; Diethylstilbestrol; Gestation; In utero; Testis

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN SIZE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893772644     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2281-x     Document Type: Article

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