Ovarian dysfunction in mice following chromium (VI) exposure

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Murthy, Ramesh C ^a   Junaid, Mohammad ^a   Saxena, Daya K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium; Electron microscopy; Estrus cycle; Follicle; Histopathology; Ova counting; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; DRINKING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030590956     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(96)03803-9     Document Type: Article

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