Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure produces placental vascular and trophoblastic lesions in the mink (Mustela vison): A light and electron microscopic study

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 785-799

  Bäcklin, Britt Marie ^a   Persson, Elisabeth ^a   Jones, Carolyn J P ^b   Dantzer, Vibeke ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mink; Pathology; Placenta; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reproduction; Thrombosis; Uterus

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MICROSCOPY; MINK; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TERATOGENESIS; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 0031680545     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00225.x     Document Type: Article

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