Site specific PCB-correlated interspecies differences in organ somatic indices

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-18

  Henshel, Diane S ^a   Sparks, Daniel W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Kidney; Pancreas; Somatic index; TEQ; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

PCB;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HATCHING; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PASSERIFORMES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 33644849362     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0038-0     Document Type: Article

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