Lead intoxication in gestational and lactation periods alters the development of male reproductive organs

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 259-266

  Corpas, Isabel ^a   Castillo, M ^a   Marquina, Domingo ^a   Benito, Maria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Development; Lead; Rats; Testes

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; LACTATION; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS;

EID: 0036809469     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.2002.2230     Document Type: Article

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