Effects of atrazine on metamorphosis, growth, and gonadal development in the green frog (Rana clamitans)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 941-957

  Coady, Katherine K ^a,e   Murphy, Margaret B ^a   Villeneuve, Daniel L ^b   Hecker, Markus ^a   Jones, Paul D ^a   Carr, James A ^c   Solomon, Keith R ^d   Smith, Ernest E ^c   Van Der Kraale, Glen ^d   Kendall, Ronald J ^c   Giesy, John P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e ENTRIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ATRAZINE; ESTRADIOL; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; FEMALE; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 2942534874     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490443722     Document Type: Article

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