Sexual behavior in Japanese quail as a test end point for endocrine disruption: Effects of in Ovo exposure to ethinylestradiol and diethylstilbestrol
1999 (English)In: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, ISSN 0091-6765, Vol. 107, no 11, p. 861-866Article in journal (Other scientific) Published
Abstract [en]
Chemicals having a capacity to disturb the endocrine system have attracted considerable interest during recent years. There is a shortage of well-characterized in vivo tests with which to study such disturbances in different classes of vertebrates. In the
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
1999. Vol. 107, no 11, p. 861-866
Keywords [en]
diethylstilbestrol; endocrine disruption; environmental estrogens; ethinylestradiol; Japanese quail; sexual behavior; testis; testosterone; test system; MEDIAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; REPRODUCTIVE-BEHAVIOR; ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR; CRITICAL PERIOD; FEMALE QUAIL; CHEM
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-84981OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-84981DiVA, id: diva2:112889
Note
Addresses: Halldin K, Uppsala Univ, Dept Environm Toxicol, Norbyvagen 18C, S-75236 Uppsala, Sweden. Uppsala Univ, Dept Environm Toxicol, S-75236 Uppsala, Sweden.
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