Subacute toxicity of p,p′-DDT on rat thyroid: Hormonal and histopathological changes

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-279

  Tebourbi, Olfa ^a   Hallègue, Dorsaf ^a   Yacoubi, Mohamed Tahar ^b   Sakly, Mohsen ^a   Rhouma, Khémais Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

5 Deiodinases; Goiter; P,p DDT; Rats; Thyroid; UDP glucuronyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METAPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID TOXICITY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77951977267     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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