Changes in thyroid hormone economy following consumption of environmentally contaminated great lakes fish

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 41-57

  Leatherland, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

fish; polyhalogenated hydrocarbon; rodents; thyroid hormones; wildlife

Indexed keywords

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LAKE; NONHUMAN; SALMON; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANADA; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MICE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; SALMON; THYROID HORMONES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHOCIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031963020     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379801400106     Document Type: Article

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