Hepatic retinoids of bullfrogs in relation to agricultural pesticides

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1099-1106

  Boily, Monique H ^a   Bérubé, Virginie E ^a   Spear, Philip A ^a   DeBlois, Christian ^b   Dassylva, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Pesticides; Rana catesbeiana; Retinol; Retinyl ester

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; PESTICIDES;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY; AMPHIBIANS; BULLFROGS;

BIODIVERSITY;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ATRAZINE; BENTAZON; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DICAMBA; MECOPROP; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE; RETINOID; RETINOL ESTER; RETINOL PALMITATE; SIMAZINE; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FROG; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AGROECOSYSTEM; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULLFROG; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; PESTICIDES; RANA CATESBEIANA; RETINOIDS; RIVERS; VITAMIN A; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCIDES; BIODIVERSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 18244388977     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-126R.1     Document Type: Article

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