Low doses of lead: Effects on reproduction and development in rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 151-165

  Teijón, César ^a   Olmo, Rosa ^a   Blanco, Dolores ^a   Romero, Arturo ^a   Teijón, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth; Gestation; Hepatic markers; Lead exposure; Postweaning; Renal markers

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEMOGLOBINS; LEAD; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33748597942     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:111:1:151     Document Type: Article

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