Fetal and perinatal influence of xenoestrogens on testis gene expression

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 424, Issue , 1997, Pages 99-110

  Saunders, P T K ^a   Majdic, G ^b   Parte, P ^c   Millar, M R ^a   Fisher, J S ^a   Turner, K J ^a   Sharpe, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Slovenia)

^c Institute for Research in Reproduction India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030670776     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5913-9_19     Document Type: Article

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