Reproductive effects of endosulfan on male offspring of rats exposed during pregnancy and lactation

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 583-589

  Dalsenter, P R ^a   Dallegrave, E ^b   Mello, J R B ^b   Langeloh, A ^b   Oliveira, R T ^b   Faqi, A S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Univ Federal do Paraná ^*

Author keywords

Endosulfan; Male offspring rats; Reproductive effects

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBERTY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DESCENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSECTICIDES; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032825852     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032799678845124     Document Type: Article

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