Evaluation of reproductive toxicity in rats caused by organic extracts of Jialing River water of Chongqing, China

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-365

  Cao, Bo ^a   Ren, Qian ^a   Cui, Zhihong ^a   Li, Peng ^a   Cao, Jia ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Organic extracts; Reproductive toxicity; River water; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; RIVER WATER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SCREENING TEST; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

EID: 62949164362     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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