Effects of ammonium perchlorate on thyroid function in developing fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 396-401

  Crane, Helen M ^a,b,c   Pickford, Daniel B ^b,d   Hutchinson, Thomas H ^b   Brown, J Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Endocrine disruption; Fathead minnow; Perchlorate; Thyroid; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LIOTHYRONINE; PERCHLORATE; THYROXINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; GROWTH RETARDATION; HATCHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HYPERPLASIA;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LARVA; PERCHLORIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 18044387582     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7333     Document Type: Article

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