Two-generation reproduction toxicity study in rats with methoxychlor

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-41

  Aoyama, Hiroaki ^a   Hojo, Hitoshi ^a   Takahashi, Ken L ^a   Shimizu Endo, Naoko ^a   Araki, Masayuki ^a   Takeuchi Kashimoto, Yukiko ^a   Saka, Machiko ^a   Teramoto, Shoji ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Estrogenic; Impaired female fertility; Pesticide; Uterotrophic

Indexed keywords

METHOXYCHLOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UTERUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METHOXYCHLOR; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; UTERUS;

EID: 84863145531     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2011.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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