Methods for studying xenoestrogenic effects in birds

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 671-676

  Berg, Cecilia ^a   Halldin, Krister ^a   Brunström, Björn ^a   Brandt, Ingvar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian test system; Bird egg; Endocrine disruption; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MULLERIAN DUCTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0032420359     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00285-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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