Effects of maternal exposure to a reconstituted mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls on sex-dependent behaviors and steroid hormone concentrations in rats: Dose-response relationship

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-81

  Kaya, Hatice ^a   Hany, Jürgen ^a   Fastabend, Annemarie ^a   Roth Härer, Astrid ^a   Winneke, Gerhard ^a   Lilienthal, Hellmuth ^a  

^a Med Inst of Environmental Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Development; Estradiol; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Rat; Sexual dimorphism; Sweet preference; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037081675     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9318     Document Type: Article

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