In ovo 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure in three avian species. I. Effects on thyroid hormones and growth during the perinatal period

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-291

  Janz, David M ^a,b   Bellward, Gail D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY GROWTH; BONE GROWTH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PIGEON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030220019     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0167     Document Type: Article

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