Serum concentrations of various environmental contaminants and their relationship to sex steroid concentrations and phallus size in juvenile American alligators

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-455

  Guillette Jr , L J ^a   Brock, J W ^b   Rooney, A A ^a   Woodward, A R ^c  

^a Department of Zoology 223 Bartram Hall University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; ESTRADIOL; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; LAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345593395     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006617     Document Type: Article

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