Effects of dietary 17β-estradiol exposure on serum hormone concentrations and testicular parameters in male Crl:CD BR rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-168

  Cook, Jon C ^a   Johnson, Larry ^b   O'Connor, John C ^a   Biegel, Lisa B ^a   Krams, Cindy H ^a   Frame, Steven R ^a   Hurtt, Mark E ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031667327     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2470     Document Type: Article

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