Effects of environmental estrogenic compounds on growth of a transplanted estrogen responsive pituitary tumor cell line in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1711-1717

  Fujimoto, N ^a   Honda, H ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Estrogenic chemicals; Genistein; Nonylphenol; Pituitary tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; ATRAZINE; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT;

EID: 0141992018     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(03)00198-4     Document Type: Article

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