Environmentally relevant concentrations of ammonium perchlorate inhibit thyroid function and alter sex ratios in developing Xenopus laevis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 590-597

  Goleman, Wanda L ^a   Carr, James A ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Amphibian decline; Metamorphosis; Perchlorate; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HORMONES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY;

ABNORMALITIES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; AMPHIBIAN; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HATCHING; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FUNCTION; TOXICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCHLORIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036188528     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210318     Document Type: Article

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