Embryonic exposure to o,p′-DDT causes eggshell thinning and altered shell gland carbonic anhydrase expression in the domestic hen

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2787-2793

  Holm, Lena ^a   Blomqvist, Alexandra ^a   Brandt, Ingvar ^b   Brunström, Björn ^b   Ridderstråle, Yvonne ^a   Berg, Cecilia ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase; Eggshell thinning; Embryonic exposure; o,p DDT; Shell gland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; ENZYME KINETICS; HORMONES; PESTICIDES;

CARBONIC ANHYDRASE; EGGSHELL THINNING; EMBRYONIC EXPOSURE; SHELL GLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; DDT; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EGGSHELL; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SHELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEN; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CHICKENS; DDT; EGG SHELL;

AVES; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 33845396697     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-619R.1     Document Type: Article

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