Morphological and functional disorders of the immature rat uterus after postnatal exposure to benz[a]anthracene and benzo[k]fluoranthene

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-258

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

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Rat uterotrophic bioassay

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; DRUG VEHICLE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STROMA CELL; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS WEIGHT;

RATTUS;

EID: 59649117519     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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