Decreased superovulation in adult mice following neonatal exposures to technical methoxychlor

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 807-814

  Eroschenko, Victor P ^a   Swartz, William J ^b   Ford, Linda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Exogenous gonadotropins; Methoxychlor; Neonatal mice; Oocytes; Ovarian morphology; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; METHOXYCHLOR; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; OVARY FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 0031282722     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(97)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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