Impaired male sexual development in perinatal Sprague-Dawley and Long- Evans hooded rats exposed in utero and lactationally to p,p'-DDE

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-173

  You, Li ^a   Casanova, Mercedes ^a   Archibeque Engle, Shannon ^a   Sar, Madhabananda ^a   Fan, Li Qun ^a   Heck, Henry D A ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANTIANDROGEN; FLUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMINIZATION; LACTATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031739115     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2515     Document Type: Article

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