Reproductive toxicology of 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl in mice

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 999-1005

  Rodriguez, J ^a   Kholkute, S D ^a   Dukelow, W R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SCREENING; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030919264     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900433     Document Type: Article

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