Effects of Exposure of Lactating Female Rats to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) on Testis Weight, Sperm Production and Sertoli Cell Numbers in the Adult Male Offspring

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-9

  Kim, Shik ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

PCB; Sertoli cell number; Sperm production; Testis weight

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1242; THYROXINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AROCLORS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; THYROXINE;

EID: 0035220774     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.5     Document Type: Article

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