Effects of environmental antiandrogens on reproductive development in experimental animals
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Effects of environmental antiandrogens on reproductive development in experimental animals.
Chemicals that act as androgen receptor (AR) agonists and antagonists or inhibit fetal steroidogenesis can induce reproductive malformations in humans and laboratory animals. Several environmental chemicals disrupt development in rats and/or rabbits at fetal concentrations at, or near, exposure levels seen in some segments of the human population. In rats, fetal tissues concentrations of 10-20 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction Update
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1355-4786,1460-2369
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/7.3.248