In vivo effects of bisphenol A in laboratory rodent studies

Reproductive Toxicology - Tập 24 Số 2 - Trang 199-224 - 2007
Catherine A. Richter1, Linda S. Birnbaum2, Francesca Farabollini3, Retha R. Newbold4, Beverly S. Rubin5, Chris E. Talsness6, John G. Vandenbergh7, Debby Walser-Kuntz8, Frederick S. vom Saal9
1U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO 65201, United States
2U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
3Department of Physiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
4National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
5Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
6Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
7Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
8Department of Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
9Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.

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