Toxicity of the tributyltin compound on the testis in premature mice

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 591-597

  Kumasaka, Kenichi ^a   Miyazawa, Maki ^a   Fujimaki, Teruhisa ^a   Tao, Hiroaki ^b   Ramaswamy, Babu Rajendran ^b   Nakazawa, Hiroyuki ^c   Makino, Tsunehisa ^d   Satoh, Shuji ^a  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bis (tri n butyltin) oxide; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS); Sperm head counts; Testis; Tributyltin compound

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949112498     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.591     Document Type: Article

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