Sensitivity of a Tier I screening battery compared to an in utero exposure for detecting the estrogen receptor agonist 17β-estradiol

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-184

  O'Connor, John C ^a   Frame, Steven R ^a   Biegel, Lisa B ^a   Cook, Jon C ^a   Davis, Leonard G ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SCREENING TEST; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031719944     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2471     Document Type: Article

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