Latent effects of pesticides and toxic substances on sexual differentiation of rodents

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-531

  Gray, L Earl ^a   Kelce, William R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

antiandrogens; germ cells; reproductive development; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DANAZOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; GESTAGEN; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC TESTIS; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GERM CELL; HAMSTER; HYPOSPADIAS; INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROSTATE; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TOXICITY; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERM COUNT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 9444265876     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379601200323     Document Type: Article

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