Reproductive and thyroid hormone levels in rats following 90-day dietary exposure to PCB 28 (2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl) or PCB 77 (3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl)

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 627-638

  Desaulniers, Daniel ^a   Poon, Raymond ^a   Phan, Wendy ^a   Leingartner, Karen ^a   Foster, Warren G ^a   Chu, Ih ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4,4' trichlorobiphenyl; 3,3',4,4' tetrachlorobiphenyl; CYP 1A 1; cytochrome P450 17 hydroxylase C17 20 lyase; cytochrome P450 1A 1; follicle stimulating hormone; FSH; LH; luteinizing hormone; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney diseases; NIDDK; P450c17; PCB; PCB 28; PCB 77; polychlorinated biphenyl; radioimmunoassay; RIA; T4; thyroid stimulating hormone; thyroxine; TSH; UDP GT; uridine diphosphate glucuronyl transferase

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTIS FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030812245     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379701300504     Document Type: Article

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