Reproductive toxicity and tissue concentrations of lindane in adult male rats

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 406-410

  Dalsenter, P R ^a   Faqi, A S ^a   Webb, J ^a   Merker, H J ^b   Chahoud, I ^a  

^a Institut für Toxikologie und Embryopharmakologie

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

lindane; rat; sperm; spermatid numbers; tissues concentration

Indexed keywords

LINDANE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029967269     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719601500508     Document Type: Article

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