Terminology of gonadal anomalies in fish and amphibians resulting from chemical exposures

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2006, Pages 103-131

  Hecker, Markus ^a   Murphy, Margaret B ^a   Coady, Katherine K ^a   Villeneuve, Daniel L ^b   Jones, Paul D ^a   Carr, James A ^c   Solomon, Keith R ^d   Smith, Ernest E ^c   Van der Kraak, Glen ^d   Gross, Timothy ^e   Du Preez, Louis ^f   Kendall, Ronald J ^c   Giesy, John P ^a,g  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US EPA Mid Continent Ecology Division   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FISH; GONAD; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; GONADS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33748094793     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-32885-8_3     Document Type: Article

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