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Research Article

INHIBITORY MECHANISMS OF LEAD ON STEROIDOGENESIS IN MA-10 MOUSE LEYDIG TUMOR CELLS

M. Y. LIU Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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S. F. LEU National Laboratory Animal Breeding and Research Center, National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan
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H. Y. YANG Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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B. M. HUANG Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Pages 29-38 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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