Effect of cigarette smoke on body weight, food intake and reproductive organs in adult albino rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 562-565

  Audi, Sumedha S ^a   Abraham, Marjorie E ^a   Borker, Abhaya S ^a  

^a GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoke; Ovaries; Reproductivity; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33745890599     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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