Toxicokinetics of14C-atrazine and its metabolites in stage-66 Xenopus laevis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8083-8089

  Edginton, Andrea N ^a,c   Rouleau, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEALTH RISKS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTS; RADIOACTIVE RESIDUES; TOXICODYNAMICS; TOXICOKINETICS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

ATRAZINE; CARBON 14; CARBON; HERBICIDE;

AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINE; METABOLITE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; TOXICOKINETICS; WHOLE BODY AUTORADIOGRAPHY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; METABOLISM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HALF-LIFE; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; LARVA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 26944450042     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050295m     Document Type: Article

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