DDE-Induced eggshell thinning in birds: Effects of p,p'-DDE on the calcium and prostaglandin metabolism of the eggshell gland

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-128

  Lundholm, C E ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chicken; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Duck; Eggshell gland; Environmental pollution; p,p' DDE; Prostaglandin synthetase; Prostaglandins; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM 45; CHLORIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INDOMETACIN; POTASSIUM; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SODIUM;

BIRD; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHICKEN; DUCK; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOWL; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALCIUM; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EGG SHELL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; PROSTAGLANDINS;

EID: 0031467593     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(97)00105-9     Document Type: Review

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