Reproductive toxicity of DDT in adult male rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 393-397

  Sakly, M ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

DDT; Fertility; Gonadotrophins; Rat; Testes

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PESTICIDE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMETE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DDT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20644453960     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032701682692946     Document Type: Article

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