Developmental toxicity of fungicide carbendazim in female mice

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Farag, Amina ^a   Ebrahim, Hala ^a   Elmazoudy, Reda ^a   Kadous, Ezzat ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Environmental issues; Maternal fetal interactions; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBAMATES; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

MUS;

EID: 79953843369     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20290     Document Type: Article

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