Low-dose effect of developmental bisphenol A exposure on sperm count and behaviour in rats

Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 594-607

  Hass, U ^a   Christiansen, S ^a   Boberg, J ^a   Rasmussen, M G ^a   Mandrup, K ^a   Axelstad, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

behaviour; bisphenol A; endocrine disruption; low dose; rat; sperm count

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; SACCHARIN; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PUBERTY; RAT; RETROPERITONEAL FAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SWIMMING; THYROID WEIGHT; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 84979581201     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12176     Document Type: Article

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