Open Workshop on Strategies for Assessing the Implications of Malformed Frogs for Environmental Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 4-5 December 1997: Strategies for assessing the implications of malformed frogs for environmental health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-90

  Burkhart, James G ^a   Ankley, Gerald ^b   Bell, Heidi ^b   Carpenter, Hillary ^c   Fort, Douglas ^d   Gardiner, David ^e   Gardner, Henry ^f   Hale, Robert ^g   Helgen, Judy C ^h   Jepson, Paul ⁱ   Johnson, Douglas ^j   Lannoo, Michael ^k   Lee, David ^l   Lary, Joseph ^m   Levey, Rick ⁿ   Magner, Joseph ^h   Meteyer, Carol ^o   Shelby, Michael D ^a   Lucier, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Stover Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental Health   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^h MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Northern Prairie Center   (United States)

^k BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^m NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation   (United States)

^o NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Amphibian malformation; Environmental health

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROG; HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE; WORKSHOP; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 17444449603     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0010883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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