Polychlorinated biphenyls, sex steroid hormones and liver retinoids in adult male European common frogs Rana temporaria

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 707-715

  Mikkelsen, Mattis ^a   Jenssen, Bjørn Munro ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Aroclor 1254; PCB; Ranids; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HORMONES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; AROCLOR 1254; RANIDS; REPRODUCTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

AROCLOR 1254; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HORMONES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIBIAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FROG; PCB; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOMENA; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXPOSURE; FROG; HIBERNATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANIDAE;

EID: 33646042502     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.08.039     Document Type: Article

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