Congener-specific effects of PCBs on contractions of pregnant rat uteri

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Tsai, Mei Ling ^a,b   Webb, R Clinton ^a   Loch Caruso, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Polychlorinated biphenyls; Rats; Smooth muscle; Spontaneous oscillations; Uterine contraction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,2',4'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,6-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,4,5,3',4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030061994     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0890-6238(95)02014-4     Document Type: Article

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