Effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on steroid concentrations in blood and gonads of chicken embryo

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-195

  Sechman, Andrzej ^a   Hrabia, Anna ^a   Lis, Marcin W ^a   Niedziółka, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chicken; Embryo; Steroids; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GONAD; HATCHING; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79960700008     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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