Acute administration of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in pregnant Long Evans rats: Association of measured tissue concentrations with developmental effects

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 411-420

  Hurst, Christopher H ^a,b   DeVito, Michael J ^b   Setzer, R Woodrow ^b   Birnbaum, Linda S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Body burden; Disposition; Embryo; Fetus; TCDD; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DEVELOPMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENITAL MALFORMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TISSUE; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0033952518     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/53.2.411     Document Type: Article

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