Effect of prenatal exposure to TCDD on the promotion of endometriotic lesion growth by TCDD in adult female rats and mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-49

  Cummings, Audrey M ^a   Hedge, Joan M ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Developmental effects; Endometriosis; Mice; Rats; Reproductive tract; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; THYMUS; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032699708     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/52.1.45     Document Type: Article

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