Reproductive Lesions in Female Harlan Sprague-Dawley Rats Following Two-Year Oral Treatment with Dioxin and Dioxin-like Compounds

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 921-937

  Yoshizawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Brix, Amy E ^b   Sells, Donald M ^c   Jokinen, Micheal P ^d   Wyde, Michael ^e   Orzech, Denis P ^e   Kissling, Grace E ^e   Walker, Nigel J ^e   Nyska, Abraham ^e,f  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d A Charles River Company   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Toxicologic Pathologist ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

carcinogenesis; carcinoma; dioxin; rat; squamous cell carcinoma; squamous metaplasia; uterus

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; DIOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CARCINOGENS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIOXINS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; METAPLASIA; OVARY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TOXICITY TESTS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 74949143613     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623309351721     Document Type: Article

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