Multigeneration reproduction and male developmental toxicity studies on atrazine in rats

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-253

  Desesso, John M ^a,b   Scialli, Anthony R ^c   White, Tacey E K ^d   Breckenridge, Charles B ^e  

^a Georgetown University School of Medicine ^*

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tetra Tech Sciences   (United States)

^d EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^e SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Gestation; Lactation; Male development; Multigeneration reproduction; Postcoitum; Rat

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO MORTALITY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84902690216     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21106     Document Type: Article

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