Effects of p,p′-DDE on retinoid homeostasis and sex hormones of adult male European common frogs (Rana temporaria)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2051-2062

  Leiva Presa, Àngels ^a   Jenssen, Bjørn Munro ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ESTRADIOL; ETHYLENE; PESTICIDE; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; FROG; GONAD; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ESTRADIOL; HIBERNATION; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MALE; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPRODUCTION; RETINOIDS; TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 33750519424     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600747676     Document Type: Article

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