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The Pyrethroid Pesticide Esfenvalerate Suppresses the Afternoon Rise of Luteinizing Hormone and Delays Puberty in Female Rats

BACKGROUND: One of the most widely used classes of insecticides is the synthetic pyrethroids. Although pyrethroids are less acutely toxic to humans than to insects, in vitro studies have suggested that pyrethroids may be estrogenic. OBJECTIVES: We assessed pubertal effects by orally administering 0....

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Autores principales: Pine, Michelle D., Hiney, Jill K., Lee, Boyeon, Dees, W. Les
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2535629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18795170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11119