Health of tree swallows (tachycineta bicolor) nesting in pesticide-sprayed apple orchards in ontario, canada. II. Sex and thyroid hormone concentrations and testes development

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 561-581

  Bishop, Christine A ^a   Van Der Kraak, Glen J ^b   Ng, Peggy ^c   Smits, Judit E G ^d   Hontela, Alice ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ARSENIC; ESTRADIOL; LEAD; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TREE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PESTICIDES; ROSALES; SONGBIRDS; TESTIS; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0032567367     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841098158250     Document Type: Article

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