Interaction of PCBs with thyroid hormone levels and time of hatching in chicken embryos

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 224-226

  Beck, V ^a   Roelens, S A ^a   Maervoet, J ^b   Schepens, P ^b   Darras, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chicken; Development; Hatching; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Thyroid hormones (TH)

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE;

CEREBELLUM; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; NONHUMAN;

EID: 22144461012     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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