Low doses of bisphenol A and o, p′- DDT at early stage of life delayed sexual maturity in female Japanese quail

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  El Gawish, R ^a,b   Elshabrawy Ghanem, M ^a,c   Maeda, T ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bisphenol; DDT; Post hatching quail

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55949136615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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