Sexual maturation data for Crl sprague-dawley rats: Criteria and confounding factors

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-458

  Lewis, Elise M ^a   Barnett Jr , John F ^a   Freshwater, Les ^a   Hoberman, Alan M ^a   Christian, Mildred S ^a  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Balano preputial separation; Postnatal sexual maturation; Vaginal patency

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREPUTIAL GLAND; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PENIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL MATURATION; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036384234     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DCT-120014794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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