Does paternal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) affect the sex ratio of offspring?

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-352

  Ishihara, Kana ^a   Warita, Katsuhiko ^a   Tanida, Takashi ^a   Sugawara, Teruo ^b   Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshi, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin (TCDD); CYP1A1; Paternal exposure; Seveso data; Sex ratio of offspring

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SEX RATIO; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; TESTIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34248221471     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.69.347     Document Type: Article

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