Thyroid function in nestling tree swallows and eastern bluebirds exposed to non-persistent pesticides and p, p′-DDE in apple orchards of southern Ontario, Canada

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-396

  Mayne, Gregory J ^a   Bishop, Christine A ^b   Martin, Pamela A ^b   Boermans, Herman J ^a   Hunter, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern bluebird orchards; p,p DDE; Pesticide; Thyroid; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; LIOTHYRONINE; PESTICIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; PASSERINE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERTROPHY; INCUBATION TIME; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; MALUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ONTARIO; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SONGBIRDS; SWALLOWS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HIRUNDINIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SIALIA; SIALIA SIALIS; SIALIS; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 17744394563     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-004-6372-9     Document Type: Article

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