The onset of puberty in female mice as reflected in urinary steroids and uterine/ovarian mass: Interactions of exposure to males, phyto-oestrogen content of diet, and ano-genital distance

Reproduction

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Khan, Ayesha ^a   Berger, Robert G ^a   de Catanzaro, Denys ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIET; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROID URINE LEVEL; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PROGESTERONE; PUBERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UTERUS;

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EID: 38349152190     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0314     Document Type: Article

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