Endocrine disrupting effects of triclosan on the placenta in pregnant rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Feng, Yixing ^a   Zhang, Pin ^a   Zhang, Zhaobin ^b   Shi, Jiachen ^a   Jiao, Zhihao ^a   Shao, Bing ^c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; TRICLOSAN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRICLOSAN; UTERUS;

EID: 84993970907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154758     Document Type: Article

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