Effects of gestational and lactational fenvalerate exposure on immune and reproductive systems of male rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 952-964

  Nassr, Azize C C ^a   Arena, Arielle C ^b   Toledo, Fabiola C ^a   Bissacot, Denise Z ^c   Fernandez, Carla D B ^a   Spinardi Barbisan, Ana Lúcia T ^c   Pires, Paulo W ^c   Kempinas, Wilma G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENVALERATE; TESTOSTERONE; NITRILE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LACTATION; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MILK; SUCKLING; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK; NITRILES; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRETHRINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77955283581     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287391003751745     Document Type: Article

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