The intact immature rodent uterotrophic bioassay: Possible effects on assay sensitivity of vomeronasal signals from male rodents and strain differences

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1568-1570

  Ashby, John ^a   Owens, William ^b   Odum, Jenny ^a   Tinwell, Helen ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Puberty; Sexual development; Strain differences; Uterine weight; Uterotrophic assay; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS WEIGHT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141674887     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5981     Document Type: Short Survey

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