Parenteral paradichlorobenzene exposure reduces sperm production, alters sperm morphology and exhibits an androgenic effect in rats and mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-56

  Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Ohashi, Norio ^a   Nakae, Dai ^a   Ogata, Akio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daily sperm production; Epididymis; Hershberger assay; Paradichlorobenzene; Prostate gland; Testis

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULBOCAVERNOSUS MUSCLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PENIS GLANS; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLOROBENZENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; GLANS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 78650297010     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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