A critical assessment of the endocrine susceptibility of the human testis to phthalates from fetal life to adulthood

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-249

  Albert, Oce'ane ^a,b   Je'gou, Bernard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Animal experiments; Epidemiology; Human risk assessment; Human testis; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN TESTIS; PHTHALATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RATS; RODENTIA; TESTIS;

EID: 84894038189     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmt050     Document Type: Article

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