Cadmium-induced increase in uterine wet weight and its mechanism

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Liu, Jin ^a   Huang, Huiling ^a   Zhang, Wenchang ^a   Li, Hong ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Mechanism; Uterotrophic assay

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RODENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STROMA; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CYTOPLASM; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77149177997     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20233     Document Type: Article

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