The value of mechanistic studies in laboratory animals for the prediction of reproductive effects in wildlife: Endocrine effects on mammalian sexual differentiation

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-118

  Gray Jr , L Earl ^a   Ostby, Joseph ^a   Wolf, Cynthia ^a   Lambright, Christy ^a   Kelce, William ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogens; Dioxins; Estrogens; Phthalates; Reproductive development

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; DIOXIN; ESTROGEN; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CRYPTORCHISM; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; WILDLIFE;

ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACULUM; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI; RODENTIA;

EID: 2642611130     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0109:TVOMSI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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