Disruption of Rat Estrous Cyclicity by the Environmental Estrogen 4-tert-Octylphenol

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 446-451

  Blake, Charles A ^a   Ashiru, Oladapo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; METHOXYCHLOR; TRICHLOROPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PROESTRUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHLOROPHENOLS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; METHOXYCHLOR; OVULATION; PHENOLS; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; VAGINA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030816835     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-216-44195     Document Type: Article

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