Delayed effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB-77) and non-polar sediment extracts detected in the prolonged-FETAX

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 381, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 307-315

  Gutleb, Arno C ^a   Mossink, Leonie ^a   Schriks, Merijn ^a   van den Berg, H J H ^a   Murk, Albertinka J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Bioassay; Development; Prolonged FETAX

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HORMONES; SEDIMENTS;

AMPHIBIANS; PROLONGED-FETAX; SEDIMENT EXTRACTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOPUS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 34249752669     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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