Relative potency of xenobiotic estrogens in an acute in vivo mammalian assay

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-26

  Milligan, S R ^a   Balasubramanian, A V ^a   Kalita, J C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental estrogens; Phytoestrogens; Uterus; Vascular permeability; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; FORMONONETIN; FULVESTRANT; GENISTEIN; NONYLPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031912706     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9810623     Document Type: Article

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