Plasma to egg conversion factor for evaluating polychlorinated biphenyl and DDT exposures in great horned owls and bald eagles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1399-1409

  Strause, Karl D ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   Sook, Im Hyeon ^b   Newsted, John L ^a,c   Kay, Denise P ^c   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,c   Williams, Lisa L ^d   Giesy, John P ^e,f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Development Center   (South Korea)

^c ENTRIX   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg; Nondestructive sampling; Plasma; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Raptors

Indexed keywords

EGGS; NONDESTRUCTIVE SAMPLING; RAPTORS; RESIDUE CONCENTRATIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INSECTICIDES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLASMA (HUMAN); RISK ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DDE; DDT; EGG; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EAGLE; ECOTOXICITY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; INTOXICATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OWL; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EAGLES; EGGS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STRIGIFORMES;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; RAPTORES; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 34447548801     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-383R.1     Document Type: Article

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