Induction of hyperplasia and increased DNA content in the uterus of immature rats exposed to coumestrol

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 819-822

  Ashby, John ^a   Tinwell, Helen ^a   Soames, Anthony ^a   Foster, John ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coumestrol; DNA synthesis; Hyperplasia; Immature; Ovariectomized; Rodent; Uterotrophic

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; COUMESTROL; DNA; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HYPERPLASIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS FLUID; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032747698     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107819     Document Type: Article

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