From dogs to frogs: How pets, laboratory animals, and wildlife aided in elucidating harmful effects arising from a hazardous dumpsite

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-369

  Quimby, Fred W ^a   Casey, Ann C ^b   Arquette, Mary Fadden ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeast Analytical Inc   (United States)

^c Environment Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Frogs; Hypothyroidism; Immunosuppression; Mohawk Nation; Neurological abnormalities; PCB'S; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FROG; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 24644451567     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.4.364     Document Type: Article

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