Possible reproductive toxicity of styrene in peripubertal male mice

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-347

  Takao, Toshihiro ^a   Nanamiya, Wakako ^a   Nazarloo, Hossein Pournajafi ^a   Asaba, Koichi ^a   Hashimoto, Kozo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Free testosterone; Luteinizing hormone; Strene monomer; Testis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STYRENE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033925869     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.343     Document Type: Article

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