Reproductive toxicity and tissue concentrations of 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 77) in male adult rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-156

  Faqi, A S ^a   Dalsenter, P R ^a   Mathar, W ^b   Heinrich Hirsch, B ^b   Chahoud, I ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Bundesinstitut F G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daily sperm production; PCB 77; Sperm morphology; Sperm number

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROSTATE; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0031893790     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032798678908459     Document Type: Article

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