Stimulation of contraction of pregnant rat uterus in vitro by non-dechlorinated and microbially dechlorinated mixtures of polychlorinated biphenyls

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-282

  Bae, Jeehyeon ^a   Mousa, Mahmoud A ^b   Quensen III, John F ^b   Boyd, Stephen A ^b   Loch Caruso, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor; Dechlorination; Muscle contraction; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; CHLORINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROORGANISM; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REDUCTION; STIMULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035051442     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109275     Document Type: Article

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