Embryotoxicity and fetotoxicity following intraperitoneal administrations of hexavalent chromium to pregnant rats

Zygote

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Marouani, Neila ^a   Tebourbi, Olfa ^a   Mokni, Moncef ^a   Yacoubi, Mohamed Tahar ^b   Sakly, Mohsen ^a   Benkhalifa, Moncef ^c,d   Ben Rhouma, Khémais ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c ATL R and D   (France)

^d Unilabs   (France)

Author keywords

Embryotoxicity; Hexavalent chromium; Malformations; Placenta; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CHROMIUM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

LACUNA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960229958     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199410000274     Document Type: Article

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