MULTIGENERATIONAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF CONSUMPTION OF PCB-CONTAMINATED CARP FROM SAGINAW BAY, LAKE HURON, ON MINK. 3. ESTROGEN RECEPTOR AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR CONCENTRATIONS, AND POTENTIAL...

Authors :: Shipp, Elizabeth B.
Restum, Janelle C.
Bursian, Steve J.
Source :: Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health: Part A. 1998, Vol. 54 Issue 5. 2 Charts, 8 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Examines the effects of dietary exposure of minks to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) through the addition of Saginaw Bay carp to the diet on estrogen and progesterone receptor concentrations. Possibility of mechanisms where PCB have antiestrogenic effects; Measurement of hepatic estrogen binding site.

Subjects :: *POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls
*MINKS
*CARP
*TOXICOLOGY
FEEDING & feeds

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