Distribution of Polybrominated Biphenyls after Dietary Exposure in Pregnant and Lactating Rats and Their Offspring
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Distribution of polybrominated biphenyls after dietary exposure in pregnant and lactating rats and their offspring.
Female rats were fed PBBs in the diet (50 ppm) from day 8 of gestation to day 21 of gestation, from day 1 postpartum to day 14 postpartum or from day 8 of gestation through day 14 postpartum. Levels of PBBs were measured in various tissues. Small concentrations of PBBs (less than 5 microgram/g) were found in the brain, heart, lung, liver, small intestine, placenta, and gravid uterus. Larger con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3428742