Effects of exposure to naphthenic acids in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada

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

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1182-1190

  Gentes, Marie Line ^a   Waldner, Cheryl ^a   Papp, Zsuzsanna ^a   Smits, Judit E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; NAPHTHENIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXPOSURE; GROWTH RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SAND;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LINEAR MODELS; MINING; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SWALLOWS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 34250659235     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701252709     Document Type: Article

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