In utero exposure to low doses of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin alters reproductive development of female long Evans hooded rat offspring

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-244

  Gray Jr , L E ^a   Wolf, C ^b   Mann, Peter ^b   Ostby, J S ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

EID: 0030771038     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8222     Document Type: Article

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