Exposure to PCB 77 affects the maternal behavior of rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Simmons, S L ^b   Cummings, J A ^b   Clemens, L G ^b   Nunez, A A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmental contaminants; Laboratory rats; Maternal behavior; PCB 77

Indexed keywords

3,4,3', 4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GROOMING; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 11844276984     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.10.022     Document Type: Article

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