Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls in CD-1 mice: Reproductive toxicity and intergenerational transmission

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-226

  Pocar, Paola ^a   Fiandanese, Nadia ^a   Secchi, Camillo ^a   Berrini, Anna ^a   Fischer, Bernd ^b   Schmidt, Juliane Susanne ^b   Schaedlich, Kristina ^b   Rhind, Stewart M ^c   Zhang, Zulin ^c   Borromeo, Vitaliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transmission; Maternal exposure; Mouse; PCBs; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTATION; MALE FERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84863238345     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr327     Document Type: Article

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