Effects of arsenic exposure during early postnatal period on Leydig cells of rat testis

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1157-1168

  Dhar, Pushpa ^a   Somesh, M S ^a   Kaushal, Parul ^a   Sehgal, Ritu ^a   Mehra, Raj D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Postnatal day; Sodium arsenite; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE; LEYDIG CELLS; LOW DOSE; SODIUM ARSENITE; WINDOW PERIOD; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; SODIUM;

CELLS;

ARSENIC; DISEASE TREATMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SODIUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77953101273     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240903306334     Document Type: Article

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