Evaluation of western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) and eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) as laboratory reptile models for toxicological investigations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 899-905

  Talent, Larry G ^a   Dumont, James N ^a   Bantle, John A ^a   Janz, David M ^a   Talent, Scott G ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol; Endocrine disruptor; Lizard; Reptile model; Sceloporus

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS;

ECOLOGY;

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LIZARD; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; LABORATORY; LIZARD; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TOXICITY TESTS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036590188     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2002)021<0899:EOWFLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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