DDT-like effects as a result of corticosterone treatment in an anuran amphibian: Is DDT a corticoid mimic or a stressor?

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1948-1953

  Hayes, Tyrone B ^a   Wu, Tzu Hao ^a   Gill, Tanya N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Corticosterone; DDT; Development; Kassina senegalensis

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOXICITY; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; KASSINA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 0342711226     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1948:DLEAAR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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