Effect of postnatal exposure to benzo[a]pyrene on the uterus of immature rats

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Kummer, Vladimír ^a   Mašková, Jarmila ^a   Zralý, Zdeněk ^a   Matiašovic, Ján ^a   Faldyna, Martin ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor ; Immunohistochemistry; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Rat uterotrophy bioassay; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; ORGANOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34547697085     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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