Reproductive and morphological effects of halogenated dimethyl bipyrroles on captive American kestrels (Falco sparverius)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1497-1506

  Tittlemier, Sheryl A ^a,e   Duffe, Jason A ^b   Dallaire, André D ^c   Bird, David M ^d   Norstrom, Ross J ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Histomorphology Bioaccumulation; Maternal transfer; Naturally produced; Organohalogen

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; HALOGENATION; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

DIETARY SOURCE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

HALOGENATED DIMETHYL BIPYRROLE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HALOGEN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG METABOLISM; EGG; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HATCHING; KESTREL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAPTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENS; LIVER; MALE; OVUM; PYRROLES; RAPTORS; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141559364     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)22<1497:RAMEOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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