Perinatal nicotine exposure delays genital development in mice

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-380

  Gyekis, Joseph ^a   Anthony, Kate ^a   Foreman, Jennifer E ^a   Klein, Laura Cousino ^a   Vandenbergh, David J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Body weight; Endocrine disruption; Perinatal; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NICOTINE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TOBACCO; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77951620420     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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