Morphometric evaluation of ovarian tissue exposed to PCB conventionally and in a sustained manner

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 39, Issue , 2003, Pages 434-439

  Nixon, Alisa ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^a   Cason, Zelma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Female rats; Natural estrogens; Ovarian tissue; Ovaries; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

OVARIAN TISSUES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY FUNCTION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INJECTIONS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0037255839     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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