Developmental toxicity studies with atrazine and its major metabolites in rats and rabbits

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-214

  Scialli, Anthony R ^a   Desesso, John M ^b,c   Breckenridge, Charles B ^d  

^a Tetra Tech Sciences   (United States)

^b Georgetown University School of Medicine ^*

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Deethylatrazine; Deisopropylatrazine; Developmental toxicity; Diaminochlorotriazine; Hydroxyatrazine; Teratology

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DIAMINOCHLOROTRIAZINE; DRUG METABOLITE; HYDROXYATRAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HERBICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; HERBICIDES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84902652775     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21099     Document Type: Article

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