Leydig cell death in rats exposed to bismuth subnitrate

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-238

  Pedersen, Lars H ^a   Stoltenberg, Meredin ^a   Ernst, Erik ^a,b   West, Mark J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Leydig cells; Testis; Testosterone; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH NITRATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BISMUTH; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0041698408     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.912     Document Type: Article

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