I. The effect of p-nonylphenol, an environmental toxic ant with oestrogenic properties, on fertility potential in adult male rats

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-106

  De Jager, C ^c   Bornman, M S ^a   Van Der Horst, G ^b  

^a STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental toxicant; Male reproduction; P nonylphenol; Rats; Xeno oestrogens

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NONYLPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL; 4-NONYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTOLOGY; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POLLUTANT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS;

EID: 0033093199     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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