Critical period of carbon tetrachloride-induced pregnancy loss in Fischer-344 rats, with insights into the detection of resorption sites by ammonium sulfide staining

Teratology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 252-261

  Narotsky, Michael G ^a,b,c   Brownie, Cecil F ^b   Kavlock, Robert J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO RESORPTION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STAINING AND LABELING; SULFIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031472066     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199710)56:4<252::AID-TERA4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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