Appropriate end points for the characterization of behavioral changes in developmental toxicology

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages 307-315

  Cuomo, Vincenzo ^a   De Salvia, Maria A ^a   Petruzzi, Simona ^b   Alleva, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Developmental toxicology; Rodents; Test methods

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOXICOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029894580     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s2307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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