Exposure to common quaternary ammonium disinfectants decreases fertility in mice

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-170

  Melin, Vanessa E ^a   Potineni, Haritha ^a   Hunt, Patricia ^b   Griswold, Jodi ^b   Siems, Bill ^b   Werre, Stephen R ^a   Hrubec, Terry C ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Chemistry Washington State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Fertility; Quaternary ammonium compounds; Reproductive toxicity; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; DIDECYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SUBFERTILITY; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84915817424     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.07.071     Document Type: Article

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