Stage-specific effects of defined mixtures of polychlorinated biphenyls on in vitro development of rabbit preimplantation embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-134

  Küchenhoff, Andreas ^a   Eckard, Rolf ^b   Buff, Klaus ^c   Fischer, Bernd ^a,d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arylhydrocarbon receptor; Blastocysts; Embryo toxicity; PCB; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344132623     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199910)54:2<126::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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