Corrigendum: Toxicity Evaluation of Bisphenol A Administered by Gavage to Sprague Dawley Rats From Gestation Day 6 Through Postnatal Day 90 [Toxicological Sciences, 139, 1, (2014) (174-197)] Doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfu022;Toxicity evaluation of bisphenol a administered by gavage to sprague dawley rats from gestation day 6 through postnatal day 90

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 174-197

  Delclos, K Barry ^a   Camacho, Luísa ^a   Lewis, Sherry M ^b   Vanlandingham, Michelle M ^a   Latendresse, John R ^c   Olson, Greg R ^c   Davis, Kelly J ^c   Patton, Ralph E ^c   Da costa, Gonçalo Gamboa ^a   Woodling, Kellie A ^a   Bryant, Matthew S ^a   Chidambaram, Mani ^a   Trbojevich, Raul ^a   Juliar, Beth E ^d   Felton, Robert P ^d   Thorn, Brett T ^d  

^a Division of Biochemical Toxicology   (United States)

^b Office of Scientific Coordination   (United States)

^c Toxicologic Pathology Associates   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

90 day study; Bisphenol A; Ethinyl estradiol; Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84899894155     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw123     Document Type: Erratum

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