Effects of 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126), 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), or an extract derived from field- collected cormorant eggs injected into double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) eggs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1450-1455

  Powell, Debra C ^a   Aulerich, Richard J ^a   Meadows, John C ^b   Tillitt, Donald E ^b   Powell, Jon F ^a   Restum, Janelle C ^a   Stromborg, Kenneth L ^c   Giesy, John P ^a   Bursian, Steven J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; 3,3',4,4',5 Pentachlorobiphenyl; Double crested cormorant; Egg injection

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LD 50; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

GALLUS GALLUS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 0030841814     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1450:EOPPTP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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