The relative sensitivity of chicken embryos to yolk- or air-cell- injected 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 725-732

  Henshel, Diane S ^a   Hehn, Brent ^b   Wagey, Ravenska ^b   Vo, Mylinh ^b   Steeves, John D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chicken; Embryo; Methods; TCDD; Teratogen

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HATCHING; INJECTION SITE; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030899022     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0725:TRSOCE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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