Accumulation of dietary methylmercury in the testes of the adult brown norway rat: Impaired testicular and epididymal function

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 867-871

  Friedmann, Andrew S ^a   Chen, Haolin ^a   Rabuck, Lorrine D ^b   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Rat; Reproduction; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031949452     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0867:AODMIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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