Two-generation reproductive toxicity study of implanted depleted uranium (DU) in CD rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 410-427

  Arfsten, D P ^a   Still, K R ^b   Wilfong, E R ^b   Johnson, E W ^b   McInturf, S M ^b   Eggers, J S ^c   Schaeffer, D J ^d   Bekkedal, M Y V ^e  

^a Navy Drug Screening Laboratory   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c 206 Carnegie Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e State of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WEAPON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; DISEASE MODEL; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; URINE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; URANIUM;

EID: 60549105381     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802647344     Document Type: Article

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