Presence and bioavailability of bisphenol A in the uterus of rats and mice following single and repeated dietary administration at low doses

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-154

  Pollock, Tyler ^a   deCatanzaro, Denys ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; BPA; Dietary; Distribution; Low dose; Uterus

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AGLYCONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERUS;

MUS; RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MICE; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; UTERUS;

EID: 84930630572     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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