Review Article: EvaluatioN of Testicular Toxicity in Safety Evaluation Studies: The Appropriate Use of Spermatogenic Staging

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-131

  Creasy, Dianne M ^a  

^a HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

rat; safety assessment; spermatogenesis: chemical effects; spermatogenesis: staging; Testis: histopathology

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; ACETONYLACETONE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030988088     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339702500201     Document Type: Review

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