Effects of exposure to environmental chemicals during pregnancy on the development of the male and female reproductive axes

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Bellingham, M ^a   Fiandanese, N ^b   Byers, A ^c,d   Cotinot, C ^e   Evans, N P ^a   Pocar, P ^b   Amezaga, M R ^f   Lea, R G ^c,d   Sinclair, K D ^c   Rhind, S M ^g   Fowler, P A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84864298728     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.02050.x     Document Type: Article

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