Polychlorinated biphenyl congener 153-induced ultrastructural alterations in rat liver: A quantitative study

Toxicology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-183

  Peng, Jian ^a   Singh, Amreek ^a   Ireland, William P ^a   Chu, Ih ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Morphometry; PCB 153; Rat liver

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030951848     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(97)03663-9     Document Type: Article

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