In utero and lactational exposure of the male Holtzman rat to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin: Decreased epididymal and ejaculated sperm numbers without alterations in sperm transit rate

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-153

  Sommer, Rebecca J ^a   Ippolito, Danielle L ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030248054     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0207     Document Type: Article

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