Developmental toxicity of in ovo exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls: I. Immediate and subsequent effects on first-generation nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 554-560

  Fernie, Kim ^a,b   Smits, Judit ^a   Bortolotti, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird; Development; Growth; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Toxic equivalency concentrations

Indexed keywords

BONE; IMPURITIES; TOXICITY;

EMBRYO MORTALITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; NESTLING; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTAMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH CURVE; HATCHING; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAPTORS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242418249     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0554:DTOIOE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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