3,5,3',5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl is a weak oestrogen agonist in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 409-418

  Nesaretnam, K ^a   Darbre, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,5,3',5' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICE; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; ORGAN SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERUS;

EID: 0031454379     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(97)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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