Quantitative changes in the testicular structure in mice exposed to low doses of cadmium

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-101

  Blanco, Alfonso ^a   Moyano, Rosario ^a   Vivo, Joaquín ^a   Flores Acuña, Rafaela ^a   Molina, Ana ^a   Blanco, Carmen ^a   Agüera, Eduardo ^a   Monterde, José G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Interstitum; Leydig cell; Seminal epithelium; Seminipherous tubules; Stereology; Testes; Testicular structure

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SEXUAL MATURITY; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS;

EID: 33845216688     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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