External heart deformities in passerine birds exposed to environmental mixtures of polychlorinated biphenyls during development

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 541-551

  DeWitt, Jamie C ^a   Millsap, Deborah S ^b   Yeager, Ronnie L ^b   Heise, Steve S ^b   Sparks, Daniel W ^c   Henshel, Diane S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bloomington Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Heart; Passerine; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Toxic equivalents

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

DEVELOPMENT; HEART; PASSERINE; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS;

CARDIOLOGY;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PASSERINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AGELAIUS PHONICEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOWL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARUS CAROLINESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWALLOW (BIRD); TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; TROGLODYTES AEDON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; PASSERIFORMES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS; PARUS CAROLINENSIS; PASSERIFORMES; SIALIA SIALIS; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 31144460788     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-343R.1     Document Type: Article

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