Metamorphic inhibition of Xenopus laevis by sodium perchlorate: Effects on development and thyroid histology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 926-933

  Tietge, Joseph E ^a   Holcombe, Gary W ^a   Flynn, Kevin M ^a   Kosian, Patricia A ^a   Korte, Joseph J ^a   Anderson, Leroy E ^a   Wolf, Douglas C ^b   Degitz, Sigmund J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Metamorphosis; Perchlorate; Thyroid; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; NEGATIVE IONS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LAEVIS LARVAE; PERCHLORATE; SCREEN CHEMICALS; SODIUM-IODIDE SYMORTER;

HORMONES;

SODIUM IODIDE SYMPORTER; SODIUM PERCHLORATE;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE; INHIBITION; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; THYROID WEIGHT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCHLORIC ACID; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; THYROID GLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 15544369983     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-105R.1     Document Type: Article

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