Malathion affects spermatogenic proliferation in mouse;Malathion afecta la proliferación espermatogénica del ratón

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1399-1407

  Penna Videau, S ^a   Bustos Obregon E ^b,c   Cermeno Vivas J R ^a   Chirino, D ^a  

^a Universidad de Oriente Nucleo Bolivar   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Malathion; Morphology; Mouse; P53; Proliferation; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875836477     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022012000400023     Document Type: Article

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