Effects of 17 α-ethinylestradiol on immune parameters in the lizard Sceloporus occidentalis

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-218

  Burnham, D Kim ^a   Lackey, Amanda ^a   Manering, Michelle ^a   Jaensson, Elin ^a   Pearson, Jamie ^a   Tyler, Daniel O ^a   Melson, David ^a   Talent, Larry G ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Estrogen; Immune; Lizard; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; TOXICITY;

LIZARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANTIBODY; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FORMAZAN; HYDROCORTISONE; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE;

IMMUNITY; LIZARD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; SPLEEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIZARDS; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; SPLEEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0042978779     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10117     Document Type: Article

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