Evaluation Of Dimethoate Toxicity On Pregnancy In Albino Mice

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 211-222

  Mahadevaswami, M P ^a   Kaliwal, B B ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

dimethoate; fetal survival; gestation length; percent post implantation loss; pregnancy; toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIMETHOATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER WEIGHT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; DIMETHOATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 16244412920     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2004.15.3-4.211     Document Type: Article

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