Low level lead (Pb) exposure during gestation and lactation: Assessment of effects on pubertal development in Fisher 344 and Sprague-Dawley female rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1139-1148

  Dearth, Robert K ^a   Hiney, Jill K ^a   Srivastava, Vinod ^a   Les Dees, W ^a   Bratton, Gerald R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed puberty; Fisher 344 rats; Lead (Pb) rat model; Lead (Pb) toxicity; Luteinizing hormone; Pubertal development; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEXUAL MATURATION; TOXICITY TESTING; WEANING;

MARTES PENNANTI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0346366554     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.07.033     Document Type: Article

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