Effects of mid-term exposure to carbofuran on pregnancy outcome of rats

Medical Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 679-683

  Jayatunga, Y N A ^a   Dangalle, C D ^a   Ratnasooriya, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Carbofuran; Carbomate; Oestrogenicity; Pesticides; Post implantation loss; Pregnancy; Sedative; Stress

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; FOOD INTAKE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEDATION; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031725218     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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