Ultrastructural changes observed in rat ovaries following in utero and lactational exposure to low doses of a polybrominated flame retardant

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-202

  Talsness, Chris E ^a   Shakibaei, Mehdi ^b   Kuriyama, Sergio N ^a   Grande, Simone Wichert ^a   Sterner Kock, Anja ^c   Schnitker, Petra ^c   De Souza, Cristina ^a   Grote, Konstanze ^a   Chahoud, Ibrahim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupter; Female; In utero; Low dose; Ovary; PBDE 99

Indexed keywords

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROMINATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LACTATION; MATING; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLAME RETARDANTS; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAIL; UTERUS; VAGINA;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 19444386969     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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