PCB congener 126-induced ultrastructural alterations in the rat liver: A stereological study

Toxicology

Volumn 136, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 107-115

  Connell, Barry J ^a   Singh, Amreek ^a   Chu, Ih ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

Author keywords

3,3',4,4',5 Pentachlorobiphenyl; Electron microscopy; Liver; Morphometry; PCB 126; Rat

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICROBODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032881242     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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