In utero and lactational exposure of female Holtzman rats to 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin: Modulation of the estrogen signal

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-67

  Chaffin, Charles L ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^b   Hutz, Reinhold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029787702     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.1.62     Document Type: Article

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