The relationship between endocrine imbalance and alteration of rat vaginal epithelium

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Nagaoka, Takaharu ^a   Takegawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Maekawa, Akihiko ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b SASAKI INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine imbalance; Rat; Vaginal epithelium

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244388573     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: 09149198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.15.103     Document Type: Article

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