Disorders of male rat reproductive tract under the influence of atrazine

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-68

  Kniewald, Jasna ^c   Jakominic M ^d   Tomljenovic A ^d   Simic B ^d   Romac, P ^a   Vranesic D ^b   Kniewald, Z ^d  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

glucosidase; Atrazine; Sperm number and motility; Spermatogenesis; Testicular morphology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ATRAZINE; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SHAPE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033979667     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(200001/02)20:1<61::AID-JAT628>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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