Endocrine disruptive effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on the thyroid gland in female rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-332

  Kiliç, Nermin ^a   Sandal, Süleyman ^a   Çolakoǧlu, Neriman ^a   Kutlu, Selim ^a   Seyran, Ayşe ^a   Yilmaz, Bayram ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aroclor and thyroid histology; PCBs; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1221; AROCLOR 1254; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE METABOLISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; AROCLOR 1254; AROCLORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 23944458578     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.206.327     Document Type: Article

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