Effect of cadmium on female fertility, pregnancy and postnatal development in the rat

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-130

  Paksy, Katalin ^a   Varga, B ^a   Lazar P ^a  

^a National Institute of Occupational Health Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Infertility; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030330851     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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