Comparative toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin to seven freshwater fish species during early life-stage development

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 472-483

  Elonen, Gregory E ^a   Spehar, Robert L ^a   Holcombe, Gary W ^a   Johnson, Rodney D ^a   Fernandez, Joseph D ^a   Erickson, Russell J ^a   Tietge, Joseph E ^a   Cook, Philip M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Early life stage; Fish; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EDEMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FISH; LARVA; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031910992     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0472:CTOTPD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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