Effect of methoxychlor on implantation and embryo development in the mouse

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 703-708

  Hall, Danielle L ^a   Payne, Laurie A ^a   Putnam, James M ^a   Huet Hudson, Yvette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiestrogen; Early pregnancy; Embryo development; Estrogen; Implantation; Methoxychlor; Mouse; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MALE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METHOXYCHLOR; MICE; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0031563523     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(97)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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