Foetal uptake of coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in mice

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Darnerud, Per Ola ^a   Sinjari, Taha ^b   Jönsson, Curt Johan ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,3',4,4' PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TOXICOKINETICS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029871113     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1996.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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