Effects of perinatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls on development of female sexual behavior

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 664-670

  Chung, Y W ^a   Clemens, L G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1254; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOPAMINE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033001447     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900925     Document Type: Article

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