Effects of PCB99 and PCB153 exposure on spermatogenesis in young adult C57BL6 mice

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-180

  Oskam, Irma C ^a   Ropstad, Erik ^a   Smith, Adrian J ^a   Skaare, Janneche U ^a,b   Tverdal, Aage ^a   Berg, Kjell Andersen ^a   Wiger, Richard ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Flow cytometry; Leydig cells; PCBs; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENT; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; SAMPLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; WILDLIFE;

EID: 14244251363     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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